Question

Read this excerpt from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs:

Answer 1

Answer:

4. - 2 and 3

Explanation:

2 and 3 are the excerpts that best show the important concepts that were uncommon to abolitionist literature, but that Jacobs depicts in this excerpt. In these lines, Jacobs talks about her grandmother (who presumably was a slave), and a white woman her grandmother knew. She tells us that the woman was very kind to her grandmother, and seemed to care for her in the way that friends do. This shows that Southern society was very complex, and that black and white people were not always enemies. It also shows that friendships between slaves and owners were not impossible.

Answer 2

2. Southern society was complex and diverse with both good and bad people unlike Northern stereotypes showed.

3. Many kind slave owners and their slaves developed deep friendships.

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