During debates about slavery at the Constitutional Convention, delegates
from southern states:
A. didn't want slavery to spread to other states.
B. believed slavery was wrong.
C. refused to consider ending slavery.
D. hoped the government would end slavery.

Defenders of slavery argued that the sudden end to the slave economy would have had a profound and killing economic impact in the South where reliance on slave labor was the foundation of their economy. The cotton economy would collapse. The tobacco crop would dry in the fields. Rice would cease being profitable.

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During debates about slavery at the Constitutional Convention, delegates from southern states: A. didn't want slavery to spread to other states. B. believed slavery was wrong. C. refused to consider ending slavery. D. hoped the government would end slavery.

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During debates about slavery at the Constitutional Convention, delegates
from southern states:
A. didn't want slavery to spread to other states.
B. believed slavery was wrong.
C. refused to consider ending slavery.
D. hoped the government would end slavery.