Match the term with the definition.
-Interracial sex. Proslavery spokesmen played on the fears of whites when they suggested that giving blacks equal rights would lead to interracial sex. In reality, slavery led to considerable sexual abuse of black women by their white masters.
A)chivalry
B)cotton kingdom
C)free black
D)Mason-Dixon line
E)miscegenation
F)paternalism
G)plantation
H)plantation belt
I)planter
J)slave codes
K)upcountry
L)yeomen

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The term "miscegenation" refers to interracial sexual relations and was a fear perpetuated by proslavery spokesmen to justify the subjugation of black people. It was also a reality for many enslaved black women who were abused by their white masters.

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