Which describes a common white southern attitude toward African American slaves? O white southerners thought African Americans were secretly working with
American Indians to plan an attack on the South.
O White southerners thought African Americans were smarter than white people,
so they kept them enslaved to prevent them from gaining political power.
O White southerners thought African American were naturally stronger than
whites but would become weak unless given hard work to keep up their
strength.
O White southerners thought African Americans were a lesser race and that
treating them as property was justified.