Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

Answer 1

In the excerpt "The Two Offers" by Harper, 1859, the author makes a connection between marriage and slavery. She is an African American writer who wrote about abolition. Women were socialized to get married. Their role was that of submission and marriage was considered an institution similar to slavery.

Answer 2

Harper makes a connection between marriage and slavery when she mentions it that it “should only e a mere matter of bargain and sale…”