what is sterne’s purpose in this excerpt? a. to describe slavery as just one of many different types of injustices in the world
b. to explain that slavery is deeply rooted in society and impossible to fight
c. to show that slavery is a terrible practice that has brought misery to too many people
d. to argue that sooner or later people will do the right thing and abolish slavery

adopted the practice of proskynesis, a persian court custom that involved bowing down and kissing the hand of others, depending on their rank.

barrio is a spanish word meaning neighborhood. in spain, several latin american countries and the philippines, the term is also used officially to denote a division of a municipality while a ghetto is a part of a city in which members of a minority group live, typically as a result of social, legal, or economic pressure. the term may have originally been used in venice to describe the part of the city to which jews were restricted and segregated.