Multiple choice

The Southern reaction to the Nat Turner revolt and the publication of The Liberator was to

  1. begin to argue that slavery was a positive institution

  2. encourage the migration of slaves to the West

  3. agree to discuss the issue of abolition in Congress

  4. invite abolitionists to the VA legislature on abolition
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Explanation

Following the Nat Turner revolt and the rise of abolitionist literature, the South shifted from viewing slavery as a necessary evil to defending it as a positive good. This ideological shift was intended to justify the institution against increasing northern criticism.

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