Douglass portrays the slave traders and agents for slave traders as men auctioning for cattle instead of human beings. The slave traders and agents for slave traders at no point stop to think what they are doing is wrong, instead, it is business as usual and they are eager to acquire misbehaved slaves at steep discounts, much the same as farmers will bid pennies on the dollar for underweight farm animals.
Answer:
Option A is correct.
Explanation:
A holding company doesn't have any operations or active business itself but to own assets which are in form of shares of stocks in numerous corporations, limited liability companies, private equity funds, public stocks, patents etc
Answer: contracting
Explanation:
The contracting power is the acquisition by the government of goods and services on behalf of the public authority. However, to prevent fraud and corruption, the laws of most countries regulate this power of government to a certain extent. That is why in many cases a contracting authority is required to issue public tenders if the value of the acquisition exceeds a certain amount or threshold.
Therefore:
The government's power to set conditions on companies seeking to sell goods or services to government agencies is known as <u>contracting</u> power.
