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Read the excerpt from Thoughts and Sentiments.

It is therefore manifest, that something else ought yet to be done; and what is required, is evidently the incumbent duty of all men of enlightened understanding, and of every man that has any claim or affinity to the name of Christian, that the base treatment which the African Slaves undergo, ought to be abolished; and it is moreover evident, that the whole, or any part of that iniquitous traffic of slavery, can no where, or in any degree, be admitted, but among those who must eventually resign their own claim to any degree of sensibility and humanity, for that of barbarians.

What text detail from this excerpt directly supports Cugoano’s belief that all good Christians have to participate in the abolishment of slavery?

“is evidently the incumbent duty of all men of enlightened understanding”
“and of every man that has any claim or affinity to the name of Christian”
“iniquitous traffic of slavery, can no where, or in any degree, be admitted”
“who must eventually resign their own claim to any degree of sensibility”

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“and of every man that has any claim or affinity to the name of Christian”

This phrase explicitly states that those who identify as Christians have a duty to abolish the treatment of African slaves.