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I was somewhat unmanageable when I first went [to Master Covey's], but a few months of this discipline tamed me. ... I was broken in body, soul, and spirit. My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that lingered about my eye died; the dark night of slavery closed in upon men, and behold a man transformed into a brute!" ?
Correct answer: A. Fredrick Douglass
- A. Fredrick Douglass
- B. John Winthrop
- C. Benjamin Franklin
- D. William Apess
Explanation
This passage comes from Frederick Douglass’s Narrative, describing how Edward Covey’s brutal discipline destroys Douglass’s body and spirit. The reference to slavery and transformation into a “brute” is a central part of Douglass’s autobiography.
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