Which of the following statements is correct?

A) William Harper argued that slaveholding was essentially a matter of property rights.
B) Proslavery writers in the 1840s and 1850s asserted that whites were the more intellectual race, and blacks the race more inherently physical and destined for labor.
C) Presbyterian minister George Bourne was welcomed in Virginia for his antislavery sermons.
D) John C. Calhoun and John Quincy Adams were close allies in the antislavery movement.

William Harper

Assuming the subject refers to a notable individual, there have been several including political figures, and legal scholars; more context is needed for a precise definition.

Proslavery Writers

Individuals who produced literature supporting and justifying the institution of slavery in the United States, arguing for its economic and moral benefits.

Antislavery Sermons

Speeches or religious discourses given primarily in the 18th and 19th centuries that condemned slavery and advocated for its abolition.