Question

The following passage was written by Frederick Douglass, a former slave and a leader of the

abolitionist movement. Select the best evidence to support the statement that enslaved
family members were often separated from one another.
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.. .For what this
separation is done, I do not know, unless it be to hinder the development of the
child's affection towards its mother, and to blunt and destroy the natural affection
of the mother for the child. This is the inevitable result.

Answer 1

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.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

"My mother and I were separated when I was but an infant-before I knew her as my mother. "

Step-by-step explanation:

In the text shown above, it is possible to see that Douglass argues that slave children are separated from their mothers at the very beginning of their lives. The evidence he shows for this argument is that he experienced this separation when he was a child, as he was taken away from his mother at a very young age.

We can see that this is the evidence, because an evidence is a proof and justification that an argument is true and real. When Douglass claims that the slave family is separated, he justifies this claim by showing that he went through this separation and lived this experience, so he can confirm that the claim is true.