Question

What Slaves Are Taught To Think Of The North

PART B: Which of the following quotes best supports the answer to Part A?

A
“Many of the slaves believe such stories, and think it is not worthwhile to exchange slavery for such a hard kind of freedom.” ( Paragraph 2)
B
“If those heathen in our Christian land had as much teaching as some Hindoos, they would think otherwise.” ( Paragraph 2)
C
“When southerners go to the north, they are proud to do them honor....” ( Paragraph 5)
D
“…I was often asked if I had seen any thing in the newspapers about white folks over in the big north, who were trying to get their freedom for them.” ( Paragraph 7)

Answer 1

A.

Step-by-step explanation:

What Slaves Are Taught To Think Of the North is an autobiographical account of Harriet Ann Jacobs, which is taken from her book titled "Incidents In the Life of a Slave Girl."

The excerpt talks about how slaves in the South were told lies about the Northerners and the life of free slaves there. Jacob recalls one incident when her owner came to her one day and told her that her slave friend, who escaped to New York, is living a hard life so much that she goes without food for days. Her owner told her a lie that her slave friend besought him to take her back to her master.

The quote that supports this summary statement of Part A question is option A. Slaveowners purposefully told lies to their slaves to keep them enslaved and the quote in option A supports this claim that the slaves accepted to live in slavery than living in hard freedom.

So, the correct answer is option A.