Question

In his speech, Douglass explains his viewpoint that it would be wrong for him to participate in Independence Day festivities when others are still enslaved. Which quotation provides valid support for Douglass's reasoning? A.) “To forget them, to pass lightly over their wrongs, and to chime in with the popular theme, would be treason most scandalous and shocking, and would make me a reproach before God and the world.” B.)“I have better employments for my time and strength than such arguments would imply.” C.)“O! had I the ability, and could I reach the nation’s ear, I would, to-day, pour out a fiery stream of biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke. D.)“I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim.”

Answer 1

A. "To forget them, to pass lightly over their wrongs, and to chime in with the popular theme, would be treason most scandalous and shocking, and would make me a reproach before God and the world."

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Answer 2

The correct option is A.
According to the statement given in option A, the reason why Douglass can not participate in the independence Day festivities while others are still enslaved is because, such an action will implies that he has forgotten the other slaves and the suffering they are going through. Douglass consider forgetting the plight of the yet to be freed slaves as the highest form of treason, that will make him a big reproach before God and man.