The earliest homestead exemption law was passed as a statute on January 26, 1839. Which of the following is NOT one of its basic purposes:

A. to ensure all men and women had a place to be "king (or Queen) of their castle" in the new territory

B. to preserve the integrity of the family as a basic element of social organization and to encourage colonization

C. to provide the debtor with a home for his or her family and some means of support and to recoup economic losses so that the family would not become a burden upon the public

D. to retain and pioneer the feeling of freedom and a sense of independence deemed necessary to the continued existence of democratic institutions