Question

QUESTION 5 Which detail best supports the idea that slaves are no better than animals? Answer A: I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it. answer B: By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs, and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant. answer C:My mother and I were separated when I was but an infant—before I knew her as my mother. It is a common custom, in the part of Maryland from which I ran away, to part children from their mothers at a very early age. answer D:The children unable to work in the field had neither shoes, stockings, jackets, nor trousers, given to them; their clothing consisted of two coarse linen shirts per year

Answer 1

B: By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs, and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant.

Explanation:

The excerpt comes from the memoir of former slave Frederick Douglass called the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845). Here, the author expresses that slaves are treated as inferiors, and are denied basic rights like receiving education and having a basic document like a birth certificate. They are kept ignorant and are used like animals are used, hence the comparison to horses which are mainly used to do hard works.

Answer 2

Answer: B) By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs, and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant.

Step-by-step explanation: From the given options the one that best supports the idea that slaves are no better than animals is option B, where the speaker explains that the most part of the slaves don't know their ages at all, and comparing their knowledge of their ages, to the knowledge horses have of theirs. And also emphasizing the fact that most masters want to keep slaves absolutely ignorant.