the poem by Whitley is significant because of the two reasons:
D) It is among the first literary works published by an African American. 
) It is the first literary work to assert African equality to whites.
 Whitley uses a narrative unfamiliar to many of her peer slaves of the time to deliver her message in her eight stanza poem. She appears calm,composed and appreciative of conversion to christianity, while using its fundamental believes and ethics to counteract the issue of black hatred that had permeated good white christians.
 
        
             
        
        
        
The correct answer is:  [A]:  "Andrew Carnegie" .
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Answer:
C. Stop roving bands of outlaws from terrorising the backcountry
Explanation:
The Regulators formed in 1764 and their main purpose was to have a better government and reduce the taxes that were put on them. At first the Regulators started off as just protesting, but over time it turned into a whole militia and became quite violent. The wealthy men in North Carolina despised the Regulators and saw them as an overall threat to their business and/or wealth, so they called in the actual colonial militia to kill them.