PART B: Which phrase from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

A
“Vesey quoted the Bible as well as congressional debates over the Missouri issue to denounce slavery from the pulpit of the African Methodist Episcopal Church where he was a lay minister.” ( Paragraph 8)
B
“Slaveholders were clearly on the defensive with antislavery sentiment building in the north and undeniable opposition among African Americans in the south.” ( Paragraph 9)
C
“African Americans knew that they could not rely upon whites to end slavery, but they also recognized that the increasing divide between north and south and their battle over western expansion could open opportunities for blacks to exploit.” ( Paragraph 10)
D
“The most explosive of these future black actions would be Nat Turner’s Virginia Slave Revolt in 1831.” ( Paragraph 10)