ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

AMERICAN LITERATURE

ELIZABETHAN ERA

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Apess claims that Native Americans in New England are the “most mean, abject, miserable race of beings in the world.” Which of the following is NOT a reason he offers as an explanation for their misery?

A	They are victimized by corrupt Indian Agents appointed by the government.
B	They are not provided with adequate education.
C	They are legally denied the right to engage in commerce.
D	Native American women have been seduced and abandoned by white men.

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -William Apess (1798–1839, Pequot) (also known as William Apes before 1837), was an ordained Methodist minister, writer, and activist of mixed-race descent, who was a political and religious leader in Massachusetts. After becoming ordained as a Methodist minister in 1829, he published his autobiography the same year.

Detailed explanation-2: -This primary source is from Native American (Pequot) minister William Apess, an advocate for racial equality and the rights of Native Americans.

Detailed explanation-3: -Can you charge the Indians with robbing a nation almost of their whole Continent, and murdering their women and children, and then depriving the remainder of their lawful rights, that nature and God require them to have?

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