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Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A.
. Many people from other countries became US citizens in the 1700s.
B.
. The US government paid much attention to freedom.
C.
. There were some laws that successfully protected the rights of slaves.
D.
. The opposition to slavery in the United States began in the seventeenth century.