In the fourth paragraph (lines 25–54), which of the following best characterizes the author’s position on slavery?Human rights belong to all, and those enslaved are capable of presenting convincing arguments to slaveholders.The practice of slavery is abhorrent, but there is very little that can be done to end it.Slavery should be eliminated, and it is possible to present convincing arguments even to those who defend its practice.There is no place for slavery, but educating those who are enslaved only seems to worsen the situation.Slavery can be eradicated, but only if enslaved people and slaveholders unite in the fight. (The following passage is an excerpt from a narrative text written in 1845 by a leading orator for theAmerican Anti-Slavery Society.).I lived in Master Hugh's family about seven years. During this time, I succeeded inlearning to read and write. In accomplishing this, I was compelled to resort tovarious stratagems. I had no regular teacher. My mistress, who had kindlycommenced to instruct me, had, in compliance with the advice and direction of herhusband, not only ceased to instruct, but had set her face against my beinginstructed by any one else. . . .The plan which I adopted, and the one by which I was most successful, was that ofmaking friends of all the little white boys whom I met in the street. As many of theseas I could, I converted into teachers. With their kindly aid, obtained at differenttimes and in different places, I finally succeeded in learning to read. When I wassent of errands, I always took my book with me, and by going one part of my errandquickly, I found time to get a lesson before my return. . . .I was now about twelve years old, and the thought of being a slave for life began tobear heavily upon my heart. Just about this time, I got hold of a book entitled "TheColumbian Orator." Every opportunity I got, I used to read this book. Among muchof other interesting matter, I found in it a dialogue between a master and his slave.The slave was represented as having run away from his master three times. Thedialogue represented the conversation which took place between them, when theslave was retaken the third time. In this dialogue, the whole argument in behalf ofslavery was brought forward by the master, all of which was disposed of by theslave. The slave was made to say some very smart as well as impressive things inreply to his master-things which had the desired though unexpected effect; for theconversation resulted in the voluntary emancipation of the slave on the part of themaster.In the same book, I met with one of Sheridan's mighty speeches on and in behalf ofCatholic emancipation. These were choice documents to me. I read them over andover again with unabated interest. They gave tongue to interesting thoughts of myown soul, which had frequently flashed through my mind, and died away for want ofutterance. The moral which I gained from the dialogue was the power of truth overthe conscience of even a slaveholder. What I got from Sheridan was a boldLine51015202530 In the same book, I met with one of Sheridan's mighty speeches on and in behalf ofCatholic emancipation. These were choice documents to me. I read them over andover again with unabated interest. They gave tongue to interesting thoughts of myown soul, which had frequently flashed through my mind, and died away for want ofutterance. The moral which I gained from the dialogue was the power of truth overthe conscience of even a slaveholder. What I got from Sheridan was a bolddenunciation of slavery, and a powerful vindication of human rights. The reading ofthese documents enabled me to utter my thoughts, and to meet the argumentsbrought forward to sustain slavery; but while they relieved me of one difficulty, theybrought on another even more painful than the one of which I was relieved. Themore I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers. I could regardthem in no other light than a band of successful robbers, who had left their homes,and gone to Africa, and stolen us from our homes, and in a strange land reduced usto slavery. I loathed them as being the meanest as well as the most wicked of men.As I read and contemplated the subject, behold! that very discontentment whichMaster Hugh had predicted would follow my learning to read had already come, totorment and sting my soul to unutterable anguish. As I writhed under it, I would attimes feel that learning to read had been a curse rather than a blessing. It hadgiven me a view of my wretched condition, without the remedy. It opened my eyesto the horrible pit, but to no ladder upon which to get out. In moments of agony, Ienvied my fellow-slaves for their stupidity. I have often wished myself a beast. Ipreferred the condition of the meanest reptile to my own. Any thing, no matter what,to get rid of thinking! It was this everlasting thinking of my condition that tormentedme. There was no getting rid of it. It was pressed upon me by every object withinsight or hearing, animate or inanimate. The silver trump of freedom had roused mysoul to eternal wakefulness. Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.It was heard in every sound, and seen in every thing. It was ever present to tormentme with a sense of my wretched condition. I saw nothing without seeing it, I heardnothing without hearing it, and felt nothing without feeling it. It looked from everystar, it smiled in every calm, breathed in every wind, and moved in every storm.3035404550

Slavery has always been a source of concern in society. It has harmed the position of minority communities by limiting their rights and privileges as equal members of society. The document expresses and depicts the mental conditions of being enslaved in the hands of powerful whites and losing confidence while dealing with societal obstacles.The correct options are: A) According to the manifestation of human rights, enslaved people are capable of providing strong arguments to slaveholders to expose slavery in society. The oppressed have the right to exhibit their experiences and anticipate the slaveholders for continuing such terrible acts, which exacerbates their difficulties in all aspects of society. B) The practice of slavery is heinous. The author in the given paragraph comes from a slave household and recognizes the essence of the slave's horrible conditions after reading a Sheridan book. He comes to despise and despise slavery, as well as the slaves who accepted it without fighting for their freedom or proposing any solution to abolish it. D) There is no place for slavery in society but in this case, the author realizes the dreadful impact of the enslaves makes him think that reading or enlightening one's mind about the paces of slavery compels them to feel like a curse rather than a blessing which would ultimately worsen the social and psychological conditions of the vulnerable. The incorrect options are: C) The process of elimination of slavery has not been mentioned in the paragraph. The author rather tries to exemplify the mental challenges which he has to deal with after comprehending the lives of the enslaved who hardly try to empower their living conditions. E) The author does not talk about the eradication of slavery or entails the slaveholder to fight for it rather he only thinks about how enslaved people have accepted the tormented pressures of whites and other dominant sections and how it makes him wrenched without finding any solution or freedom to get rid of it.

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In the fourth paragraph (lines 25–54), which of the following best characterizes the author’s position on slavery?

Human rights belong to all, and those enslaved are capable of presenting convincing arguments to slaveholders.
The practice of slavery is abhorrent, but there is very little that can be done to end it.
Slavery should be eliminated, and it is possible to present convincing arguments even to those who defend its practice.
There is no place for slavery, but educating those who are enslaved only seems to worsen the situation.
Slavery can be eradicated, but only if enslaved people and slaveholders unite in the fight.