The first African slaves were brought to the Americas in the early 1600s, ... ...

If the sentences in the passage above are true, then they support which one of the following statements?
(A) Arguing that laws needed to be enacted recognizing and protecting the institution of slavery before the practice of slavery could have existed in the New World is to ignore historical fact.
(B) ...
(C) ...
(D) ...
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*This question is included in Nova Press: Set J - More CR Practice