Question

Which statement most clearly supports the idea that Douglass's purpose is not to educate people about the evils of slavery but to spur action to stop it? a b Paragraph 7: There is not a man beneath the canopy of heaven that does not know that slavery is wrong for him. Paragraph 8: Must I argue that a system thus marked with blood, and stained with pollution, is wrong? Paragraph 10: For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. Paragraph 11: There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of these United States,...​

Answer 1

Paragraph 10: For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the available options, the statement that most clearly supports the idea that Frederick Douglass' purpose is not to educate people on the evils of slavery but to spur actions to stop it is option C.

This is because he does not believe that light is needed, but fire, and not gentle shower, but thunder.