Read the excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
We were all ranked together at the valuation. Men and
women, old and young, married and single, were ranked
with horses, sheep, and swine. There were horses and
men, cattle and women, pigs and children, all holding the
same rank in the scale of being, and were all subjected
to the same narrow examination. Silvery-headed age
and sprightly youth, maids and matrons, had to undergo
the same indelicate inspection.
Which best states the cause/effect relationship
expressed in the excerpt?
Cause: The enslaved persons are treated inhumanely
at the examination
Effect: Douglass makes an attempt to run away.
O Cause: All the enslaved persons are ranked together
for inspection
Effect: Douglass is separated from his family.
O Cause: Douglass witnesses the inhumane treatment
of enslaved persons.
Effect: He becomes more aware of the brutality of
slavery.
Cause: Douglass is examined and determined to be
valuable.
Effect: He is sent back home to Baltimore.