Question

Read the excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.

We were all ranked together at the valuation. Men and women, old and young, married and single, were ranked with horses, sheep, and swine. There were horses and men, cattle and women, pigs and children, all holding the same rank in the scale of being, and were all subjected to the same narrow examination. Silvery-headed age and sprightly youth, maids and matrons, had to undergo the same indelicate inspection.

Which answer choice best states Douglass’s purpose in this excerpt?

to demand payment from slaveholders for their crimes
to show how children were treated better than elderly people
to compare his experience with that of other enslaved persons
to describe how people were degraded and treated inhumanely

Answer 1

Answer:

To describe how people were degraded and treated inhumanly.

Step-by-step explanation:

The paragraph’s main topic is to state that all slaves were treated like horses, sheep, and pigs. It is letting the reader know that the slaves had a lower status than others, and were on the same level as animals. The paragraph is also stating the fact that the slaves are being treated differently because of their ranking is the same level as the animals.

Answer 2

(This what I would put for my answer sorry if you get it wrong--)

To describe how people were degraded and treated inhumanely

Step-by-step explanation: