Read the following passage from Douglass's speech:

Question

Here you will see men and women reared like swine for the market. You know what is a swine-drover? I will show you a man-drover.
What is the purpose of this analogy?

A.
To express how Douglass felt as a slave

B.
To underscore the need for better marketplaces

C.
To show how animals can be treated inhumanely

D.
To illustrate how slavery treats humans as if they were animals

Answer 1

D. To illustrate how slavery treats humans as if they were animals