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SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA

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The following is an example of a ____ At last everything was ready, and the traffic in human flesh began. “Gentlemen, here is a likely boy; how much? He is sold for no fault; the owner wants money. His age is forty. Three hundred dollars is all that I am offered for him. Please to examine him; he is warranted sound. Boy, pull off your shirt ⎯ roll up your pants ⎯ for we want to see if you have been whipped.” The auctioneer seeing this, cries, “Three hundred dollars, gentlemen, three hundred dollars. Shall I sell him for three hundred dollars? I have just been informed by his master that he is an honest boy and belongs to the same church that he does.”
A
Slave Auction
B
Auction on a ship
C
African Auction of slaves
D
none of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Statement: “If you trouble me, I will slap you.”-A mother warns her child. Assumptions: With the warning, the child may stop troubling her.

Detailed explanation-2: -(iii) What are the two things that were sold in that stand? Ans: The two things that were sold in that stand are wild berries and crook-necked golden squash.

Detailed explanation-3: -The poem A Roadside Stand is the artist’s request for thought for the helplessly low individuals who work tirelessly yet their lives have indicated no advancement. He communicates his torment at their pity and distress and looks for help and alleviation for them.

Detailed explanation-4: -A Roadside Stand summary deals with the lives of poor deprived people. Furthermore, the poet contrasts the struggling lives of the countryside people with the insensitive life of the city dwellers. The city dwellers don’t even bother to ponder on the harsh condition of the roadside stand people.

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