Question

Which of the following arguments did pro-slavery Southerners use against abolitionists?

A. Many abolitionist were also secretly slaveholders
B. Slave labor was essential to the South , allowing Southern whites to reach a high level of culture
C. Abolotionists only wanted to free enslaved workers so that they could work in Northern factories
D. Abolotionists wanted to steal the Southeners' farms

Answer 1

It's b, many of the farms and plantations depended and were used to the free labor

Answer 2

The answer is B. 

The North was far more industrialized, while the South was mainly farms that had to be worked by hand. The South didn't want to lose it's free labor and have to pay workers.