Select the correct answer.
Read this excerpt from Incidents in the Life of a Slave n Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs:
O, ye happy women, whose purity has been sheltered from childhood, who have been free to choose he objects of your affection, whose homes
are protected by law, do not judge the poor desolate slave girl too severely! If slavery had been abolished, I, also, could have
married the man
my choice; I could have had a home shielded by the laws; and I should have been spared the painful task of confessing what I am now about to
relate; but
all my prospects had been blighted by slavery. I wanted to keep myself pure; and, under the most adverse circumstances, I tried hard
preserve my self-respect; but I was struggling alone in the powerful grasp of the demon Slavery; and the monster proved too strong
for me.
What is the author's main purpose in this excerpt?
O A.
It highlights how abolishing slavery was important for all women in America.
O B. It illustrates how nineteenth-century America created : system that favored men over women.
O c
It draws a parallel between women to reveal the disparities faced by enslaved women.
O D. It draws a parallel between women's adult lives and their childhood experiences.
O E.
illustrates the need for laws to better protect the home for all women.
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