Question

Read the excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?". But I fancy I hear some one of my audience say, “It is just in this circumstance that you and your brother abolitionists fail to make a favorable impression on the public mind. Would you argue more, and denounce less; would you persuade more, and rebuke less; your cause would be much more likely to succeed.” But, I submit, where all is plain there is nothing to be argued. What point in the anti-slavery creed would you have me argue? On what branch of the subject do the people of this country need light? Must I undertake to prove that the slave is a man? That point is conceded already. Nobody doubts it. Which statement best explains why this is an example of a counterclaim by Douglass? Douglass addresses a potential argument of the other side and makes a case against it. Douglass addresses a potential argument of the other side and admits the point is solid. Douglass makes a claim and offers facts to support it. Douglass makes a claim and admits the flaws within it.

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is (A):Douglass addresses a potential argument of the other side and makes a case against it.

Explanation:

I got it correct on the quiz on Edg 2020. Also if you read what Douglass says he is refuting the opposition's claim that slaves aren't people.

Answer 2

Answer:

b

Explanation:

Douglass addresses a potential argument of the other side and admits the point is solid.