Frederick Douglass
1. My master's family consisted of two sons, Andrew and Richard; one daughter, Lucretia, and her husband, Captain Thomas Auld. They lived in one house, upon the home plantation of Colonel Edward Lloyd. My master was Colonel Lloyd's clerk and superintendent. He was what might be called the overseer of the overseers. I spent two years of childhood on this plantation in my old master's family. It was here that I witnessed the bloody transaction recorded in the first chapter; and as I received my first impressions of slavery on this plantation, I will give some description of it, and of slavery as it there existed.
2. The plantation is about twelve miles north of Easton, in Talbot county, and is situated on the border of Miles River. The principal products raised upon it were tobacco, corn, and wheat. These were raised in great abundance; so that, with the products of this and the other farms belonging to him, he was able to keep in almost constant employment a large sloop, in carrying them to market at Baltimore.
3. This sloop was named Sally Lloyd, in honor of one of the colonel's daughters. My master's son-in-law, Captain Auld, was master of the vessel; she was otherwise manned by the colonel's own slaves. Their names were Peter, Isaac, Rich, and Jake. These were esteemed very highly by the other slaves, and looked upon as the privileged ones of the plantation; for it was no small affair, in the eyes of the slaves, to be allowed to see Baltimore.
What can the reader infer from this passage?
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A It was somewhat rare for slave owners to let their slaves travel to cities like Baltimore.It was somewhat rare for slave owners to let their slaves travel to cities like Baltimore.
B Slaves liked going to Baltimore because they wanted to sell the crops for the best prices.Slaves liked going to Baltimore because they wanted to sell the crops for the best prices.
C Slaves did not like having to go to cities like Baltimore and would have preferred to stay home.
Slaves did not like having to go to cities like Baltimore and would have preferred to stay home.
D It was very common for slave owners to allow all of their slaves to travel to cities like Baltimore.
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A. It was somewhat rare for slave owners to let their slaves travel to cities like Baltimore.
This inference is supported by the context in the passage, where the slaves on the plantation consider being allowed to see Baltimore as a notable privilege, indicating that such opportunities were not common.
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