3. "'We Coloured People of these United States, arc, the most wretched, degraded and abject set of beings that ever lived since the world began, down to the present day, and ... the white Christians of America, who hold us in slavery, (or, more properly speaking, pretenders to Christianity, treat us more cruel and barbarous than any Heathen nation did any people whom it had subjected, or reduced to the same condition. They think because they hold us in their infernal chains of slavery, that we wish to be white, or of their color but they are dreadfully deceived . . .[Your full glory and happiness, as well as all other coloured people under Heaven, shall never be fully consummated, but with the entire emancipation of your enslaved brethren all over the world."David Walker, Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, 1829Which of the following most directly resulted from the sentiments expressed in the excerpt?a. Growing national support among Whigs and Democrats for complete abolitionb. Increasing numbers of northerners insisting that the federal government should defend slavery c. Decreased demand from Northern factories for Southern cotton cultivated by enslaved people d. Increasingly bitter national debates over the institution of slavery

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