What does the author mean by calling plantations the “backbone” of the Southern economy?
A. Plantations were a metaphorical pain in the back to the Southern states.
B. Plantations were the weakest link in the strong Southern economy.
C. Plantations were built on the bones of the slaves who worked on them.
D. Plantations were the most important part of the Southern economy.

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Which stanza structure does emily dickinson use in this excerpt from "hope is the thing with feathers"? hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all, and sweetest in the gale is heard, and sore must be the storm that could abash the little bird that kept so many warm.

How did european exploration and expansion cause the african slave trade to expand? a. european explorers discovered the slave trade and expanded it across the indian ocean into south asia. b. arab armies captured european explorers and forced them into slavery. c. european traders shipped enslaved africans to work on plantations in european colonies in the americas. d. european explorers captured african people and forced them to work on their ships.