I would say that, according to this excerpt, <em>Whittier was a neutral who was ambivalent about the practice of slavery.</em> <u>The correct answer is C. </u>
Explanation:
I chose C because these lines from the excerpt don't show a strong opinion from Whittier about the situation of the slaves. It sounds like he encourages them to be strong in a difficult situation when saying "<em>Go on, for thpu hast chosen well; / On in the strenght of God!</em>", but, at the same time he seems to think that this situation of slavery is not so bad when he says as "<em>Long as one human heart shall swell / Beneath the tyrant's rod.</em>", and <u>this two postures show ambivalence</u>. He is totally neutral and <u>doesn't express himself in favour or against this political situation, he doesn't take sides.</u>
