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-The theory of slavery that emphasized reciprocal duties and obligations between masters and their slaves, with slaves providing labor and obedience and masters providing basic care and direction. Whites used this theory to deny that the slave system was brutal and exploitative.
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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Paternalism was a theory of slavery that promoted reciprocal duties and obligations between masters and slaves. Masters provided basic care and direction while slaves provided labor and obedience. This theory was used by white slave owners to deny the brutality and exploitative nature of the slave system.

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