Question

1. why did union general benjamin butler declare enslaved african american refugees to be contraband, or captured war supplies?○ he would not have to find slaveholders willing to take them.○ he did not want them to fight for the confederacy.○ he would not have to return them to slaveholders in the south.

Explanation:

Benjamin Butler classified enslaved African American refugees as "contraband of war" to prevent them from being returned to Confederate slaveholders, as he did not want these people to be forced to support or fight for the Confederacy, which would strengthen the Southern war effort. This legal classification allowed the Union to withhold them from their enslavers.

Answer:

B. He did not want them to fight for the Confederacy.