Which of the following is an example of paternalism in the nineteenth century? the belief that Northern abolitionists must help runaway enslaved people the belief that Southern slave owners took care of enslaved workers the belief that slavery was necessary to the Southern way of life the belief that slavery was wrong and should be abolished
"The belief that Northern abolitionists must help runaway enslaved people" would be the best option, because this embodies that idea of paternalism--that one group must protect and look out for another.
