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Question 25 • CA-Ethnic Studies

Review a passage from the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe."This I take to be about what slavery is. I defy anybody on earth to read our slave-code, as it stands in our law-books, and make anything else of it. Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!"How does this passage provide insight into a social issue?

Answer
A
It argues that slavery laws are poorly written and easily defied.
B
It claims that slavery's abuses are exaggerated.
C
It highlights that slavery is abusive and corrupt by its very nature.
D
It suggests that reading the slave code is difficult.