Read the excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Which best states the cause/effect relationship
expressed in the excerpt?
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
O Cause: The enslaved persons are treated
inhumanely at the examination.
Effect: Douglass makes an attempt to run away.
O Cause: All the enslaved persons are ranked
together for inspection.
Effect: Douglass is separated from his family.
O Cause: Douglass witnesses the inhumane treatment
of enslaved persons.
Effect: He becomes more aware of the brutality of
slavery.
O Cause: Douglass is examined and determined to be
valuable
Effect: He is sent back home to Baltimore.