“If this wild project succeeds, under the auspices of Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, and three hundred thousand slaves are set free in Virginia, farewell to the safety, prosperity, the importance, perhaps the very existence of the Southern States.”

—Anonymous Southern Planter, 1796

Which post-Revolutionary War trend does the passage best illustrate?

A.
changes in state constitutions outlawing slavery

B.
strong resistance to abolition

C.
the rise of manumissions

D.
African American contribution to the war effort