Read the excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. I was born in Tuckahoe, near Hillsborough, and about twelve miles from Easton, in Talbot county, Maryland. I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it. By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs, and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant.

Which central idea is developed and supported by this passage?

A) Hypocrisy in religion is used to justify slavery.

B) Justice for enslaved people is impossible.

C) An enslaved person is treated no better than an animal.

D) Keeping people enslaved makes slaveholders inhuman.

C) An enslaved person is treated no better than an animal.

Explanation:

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas is a memoir written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass in 1845.

The given excerpt tells us that an enslaved person was treated no better than an animal. People didn't know basic things about themselves, such as their own age. Slaveholders wanted their slaves to remain as ignorant as possible, just like animals, because that made it easier to control them.

explanation:

you only need simple sentences to answer this. just answer these questions.

what do you think annie thinks of the mother? do you think annie believes the mother is a fit mother for helen.

what about the father? what would annie think of him? she might not like him, but does she respect him.

how about the son? would annie think he is the only voice of sanity in an insane place?

what about helen herself? this is the key question. how does she see helen? what do you suppose she thought her first job was going to be.

these aren't hard questions. just state the obvious. annie is not that well educated: she just knows what she has to do. write it that way.

you can do it if you've read the book or seen the play or movie.