Read the excerpt from thoughts and sentiments.

after coming to england, and seeing others write and read, i had a strong desire to learn, and getting what assistance i could, i applied myself to learn reading and writing, which soon became my recreation, pleasure, and delight; and when my master perceived that i could write some, he sent me to a proper school for that purpose to learn. since, i have endeavoured to improve my mind in reading, and have sought to get all the intelligence i could, in my situation of life, towards the state of my brethren and countrymen in complexion, and of the miserable situation of those who are barbarously sold into captivity, and unlawfully held in slavery.

read the excerpt from letters of the late ignatius sancho, an african.

the first part of my life was rather unlucky, as i was placed in a family who judged ignorance the best and only security for obedience.—a little reading and writing i got by unwearied application.—the latter part of my life has been—thro' god's blessing, truly fortunate, having spent it in the service of one of the best families in the kingdom.—my chief pleasure has been books.

in these excerpts, how do both men use their personal histories to achieve their purpose?

both men use their past experiences to show readers that they persevered and became accomplished readers and writers.
both men use their personal histories to show readers the horrors and misery of being enslaved.
both men share their past experiences to show readers that they are much smarter than the average person.
both men share their personal stories to show readers that they are still having a very difficult time adjusting to european customs.

Asap plz which sentence from this excerpt of jefferson davis’s inaugural address indicates that secession was the confederacy’s way of reclaiming its legal powers? an agricultural people, whose chief interest is the export of a commodity required in every manufacturing country, our true policy is peace, and the freest trade which our necessities will permit . . there can be but little rivalry between ours and any manufacturing or navigating community, such as the northeastern states of the american union. it must follow, therefore, that a mutual interest would invite good will and kind offices. if, however, passion or the lust of dominion should cloud the judgment or inflame the ambition of those states, we must prepare to meet the emergency and to maintain, by the final arbitrament of the sword, the position which we have assumed among the nations of the earth. we have entered upon the career of independence, and it must be inflexibly pursued. through many years of controversy with our late associates, the northern states, we have vainly endeavored to secure tranquillity, and to obtain respect for the rights to which we were entitled. as a necessity, not a choice, we have resorted to the remedy of separation; and henceforth our energies must be directed to the conduct of our own affairs, and the perpetuity of the confederacy which we have formed. if a just perception of mutual interest shall permit us peaceably to pursue our separate political career, my most earnest desire will have been fulfilled. but, if this be denied to us, and the integrity of our territory and jurisdiction be assailed, it will but remain for us, with firm resolve, to appeal to arms and invoke the blessings of providence on a just cause . .