Question

In this excerpt from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs, which two selections of text show that the author is willing to set aside her feelings of humility so she can share her story?
A. I told him I was altogether incompetent to such an undertaking.

B.but I trust my motives will excuse what might otherwise seem presumptuous

C. it would have been more pleasant to me to have been silent about my own history.

D. But I do earnestly desire to arouse the women of the North to a realizing sense of the condition of two millions of women at the South, still in bondage,

E.I want to add my testimony to that of abler pens to convince the people of the Free States what Slavery really is.

Answer 1

The answer is C “it would have been more pleasant to me to have been silent about my own history” and E “I want to add my testimony to that of abler pens to convince the people of the Free States what Slavery really is”. Even it was painful the author Harriet Jacobs decide to tell her history to help the antislavery movement.

Answer 2

Answer:

the correct answer is D and E