By 1680, a sharp divergence in the conditions of African and English people in the Chesapeake had emerged. What is an indication of English North America's transformation from a "society with slaves" to a "slave society"?

A) Black slaves were listed by terms of service in registers of property.
B) In unions between free and enslaved individuals, the status of the offspring followed that of the father.
C) The only thing that could release a slave from bondage was religious conversion.
D) The words "negro" and "slave" had become interchangeable.
E) There was a distinctive mulatto, or mixed-race, class, which had more rights than full-black people, but less than whites.

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Final Answer : D, Explanation :  The interchangeability of the terms negro and slave is an indication that slavery had become an integral part of English North American society, rather than just a temporary arrangement of labor.

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