Contemporary observers of slavery such as Cassius M. Clay and Frederick Law Olmstead suggested that:

a. slave labor was much less productive than white labor.
b. slave labor was much more productive than white labor.
c. slave labor and white labor were equally productive.
d. slave labor in the agricultural setting was more productive than slave labor in the manufacturing setting.

a. slave labor was much less productive than white labor.

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