Which statement is true about the Confederacy's stance on slavery?

• A. Supported Slavery
• B. Opposed Slavery
• C. Abolished Slavery
• D. Free Labor

Answer: (A)

The key idea is that the Confederacy treated slavery as a protected and essential institution. From secession onward, its leaders argued that slavery was central to the Southern way of life, the economy, and social order. The Confederate Constitution explicitly protected slaveholding as a form of property and aimed to prevent laws that would threaten it, reflecting a commitment to keeping slavery legal and expanding its reach in the states that joined the Confederacy. Because of that, the statement that the Confederacy supported slavery is the true one. The other options don’t fit because opposing or abolishing slavery would contradict the legal and economic system they were fighting to preserve, and “free labor” describes a different labor system not aligned with Confederate policy.