The author claims in the excerpt that antislavery rhetoric in the late eighteenth century was based on:
The belief that emancipated people would not be a presence in society.
- This question is based on the book "Disowning Slavery: Gradual Emancipation and 'Race' in New England, 1780-1860," by Joanne Pope Melish.
- According to the author, Whites in the late 18th century developed a certain antislavery rhetoric.
- Their antislavery rhetoric was based on their belief that freed slaves would, all of a sudden, disappear.
- In other words, Whites believed emancipated slaves would not become a part of society.
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