Answer:
D - Both doubt a talking turtle actually exists.
Explanation:
During the age of slavery, African people (and others) were kidnapped from their homeland and brought to America, many not surviving the journey. They were denied their basic humanity, their freedom, and their cultural identity, forced to work on plantations throughout the American South.
Embracing literary, musical, theatrical, and visual arts, participants sought to reconceptualize “the Negro” apart from the white stereotypes<span> that had influenced black peoples’ relationship to their heritage and to each other. They also sought to break free of Victorian </span>moral<span> values and bourgeois shame about aspects of their lives that might, as seen by whites, reinforce racist beliefs. </span>
