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Which two sentences best describe Keckley’s purpose for including the description of her conversation with the freed slave (the “good old woman”) in paragraphs 2–4?

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It exemplifies how many freed slaves were unprepared to make better lives for themselves in spite of the abolition of slavery. It illustrates Keckley's point about the mistaken ideas some freed slaves held about life after slavery.

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