Read the excerpt from Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, An African. Uncle Toby has freed millions of enslaved people. What belief of Sancho's is implied in this excerpt? My chief pleasure has been books.-Philanthropy I adore.-How very much, good Sir, am I (amongst millions) indebted to you for the character of your amiable uncle Toby!-I declare, I would walk ten miles in the dog-days, to shake hands with the honest corporal. Cugoano believes that slavery needs to be abolished in the colonies. What inference about Cugoano's beliefs is most supported by this excerpt?Ĭugoano believes that slavery does not have to be cruel and oppressive.Ĭugoano believes that slavery needs to be abolished in the colonies.Ĭugoano believes that more people need to speak out against slavery.Ĭugoano believes that more writers need to write about slavery. However, notwithstanding all that has been done and written against it, that brutish barbarity, and unparalelled injustice, is still carried on to a very great extent in the colonies, and with an avidity as insidious, cruel and oppressive as ever. purpose Read the excerpt from Thoughts and Sentiments.

An author's _ is his or her reason for writing a text. Those who support slavery are evil, and their souls are doomed. Those who support slavery are evil, and their souls are doomed.Īfricans are entitled to the same rights as Europeans and Americans. There are good men who understand the need for slavery. What belief is implied but not explicitly stated in this excerpt?Īll men are created equal in the eyes of the Christian God.

And if their complexion be not what I may suppose, it is at least the nearest in resemblance to an infernal hue. Quiz 100% Read the excerpt from Thoughts and Sentiments.Īnd if such men can boast of greater degrees of knowledge, than any African is entitled to, I shall let them enjoy all the advantages of it unenvied, as I fear it consists only in a greater share of infidelity, and that of a blacker kind than only skin deep.

Letters of the late ignatius sancho an african