USA HISTORY

SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861

UNCLE TOMS CABIN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Although the book is about slavery the author never lived in a ____ state.
A
free
B
slave
C
northern
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Historically, there are many different types of slavery including chattel, bonded, forced labour and sexual slavery. The key characteristics of slavery are ones generally agreed such as the loss of freedom of movement and legal rights.

Detailed explanation-2: -Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, edited by David Blight (1845; Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2002) or any edition. Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave (1855). Any edition.

Detailed explanation-3: -In Up from Slavery, Washington traces his journey from slave to educator. The early sections document his childhood as a slave and his efforts to get an education, and he directly credits his education with his later success as a man of action in his community and the nation.

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