Why is the background information on the town of Ripley relevant to John P. Parker's account of the Underground Railroad? *Select TWO to complete your answer.
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A.)Due to Ripley's commercial productivity, it would become a very important city during the Civil War.
B.)The busy town and riverfront were the landscape that John P. Parker had to lead the runaway slaves through.
C.)It is important to John P. Parker that people remember how commercially successful his hometown of Ripley was.
D.)The community of both abolitionists and those who tried to capture runaway slaves affected John P. Parker's work.