What reasons did southerners give for continuing the practice of slavery? A Southerners stated that slavery was moral according to the Bible and financially necessary for the economy of the country.
B African Americans liked being slaves, so the practice should continue since there was no real opposition to it.
C African Americans were not interested in competing for jobs with poor white southerners and would rather be slaves.
D Southerners stated that with factories widespread in the South, slaves were needed to work there to increase manufacturing.