Fourth U.S. president and founder James Madison called America’s engagement in the African slave trade the nation’s “original sin.”%0D%0A%0D%0AThe horrors of chattel slavery would bring down a wrath of biblical proportions, prophesied another founder, Thomas Jefferson, principal author of the Declaration of Independence. Like Madison, this third U.S. president was a slaveholder.%0D%0A%0D%0AQuestion%0D%0AUse the passage to answer the question.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhy does the author most likely arrange the sentences in this way?%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0Ato show that early U.S. presidents acknowledged the evils of slavery even while participating in the system%0D%0Ato show that early U.S. presidents acknowledged the evils of slavery even while participating in the system%0D%0A%0D%0Ato focus on the fact that some of the founding fathers were slaveholders themselves%0D%0Ato focus on the fact that some of the founding fathers were slaveholders themselves%0D%0A%0D%0Ato illustrate how much damage slavery did to the early United States and its people%0D%0Ato illustrate how much damage slavery did to the early United States and its people%0D%0A%0D%0Ato emphasize how truly horrible slavery and the African slave trade were

Answer 1

The author most likely arranges the sentences to show that early U.S. presidents acknowledged the evils of slavery even while participating in the system. This is evident as both Madison and Jefferson are highlighted as expressing strong sentiments about the moral wrongness of slavery, despite being slaveholders themselves.