"So galling was our bondage that to escape from it we suffered the loss of all things, and
braved every peril
and endured every hardship. Some of us left parents, some wives, some children. Some of us
were wounded
with guns and dogs, as we fled. Some of us, to make good our escape, suffered ourselves to
be nailed up in
boxes, and to pass for merchandise. Some of us secreted ourselves in the suffocating holds
of ships. Nothing was so dreadful as slavery; and hence it is almost literally true that we dreaded nothing
which could befall us
in our attempt to get clear of it. Our condition could be made no worse, for we were already
in the lowest
depths of earthly woe. Even should we be overtaken, and subjected to slavery, this would be
but to return to
our old sufferings and sorrows, and should death itself prove to be the price of our endeavor
after freedom
what would that be but a welcome release to men, who had all their lifetime been killed
every day and "killed
all the day long"
Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the passage above?
A. Former enslaved people found life in the North just as difficult as life in the South
B. Plantation owners would allow slaves to pay for their freedom
C. Many enslaved people were willing to risk death in order to escape
D. Most enslaved people who ran away were successful in gaining their freedom
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