Question

Which is the best example of an explicit statement from Thoughts and Sentiments that shows Cugoano's beliefs about slavery?

Answer 1

Answer:

A. “However, notwithstanding all that has been done and written against it, that brutish barbarity, and unparalelled injustice, is still carried on to a very great extent in the colonies, and with an avidity as insidious, cruel and oppressive as ever.”

Explanation:

Ottobah Cugoano's "Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery" provides a personal take on the issue of slavery and how evil of a practice it is for African Americans. At the same time, he also asserted that slaves had the right to rebel against their masters for the treatment they were put under.

One explicit statement that reveals the author's beliefs about the slavery system is "However, notwithstanding all that has been done and written against it, that brutish barbarity, and unparalelled injustice, is still carried on to a very great extent in the colonies, and with an avidity as insidious, cruel and oppressive as ever." Through these lines, Cugoano labels slavery as "brutish barbarity, and an unparallelled injustice ... insidious, cruel and oppressive..."

Thus, the correct answer is option A.