7.04 Checkpoint | Literature of Enslavement and the Civil War

Part B Which lines from the songs best develop the topic in Part A? Select the two correct answers.

"And when each poor degraded slave / Is gathered near and far," AND "Oppressed so hard they could not stand / Let my people go."

Part B Which lines from the songs develop the topic in Part A? Select the two correct answers.

"For the old man is a-waiting for to carry you to freedom" AND "Tell old Pharaoh / 'Let my people go!'"

What is the meaning of fruition? Read the excerpt "Benjamin Banneker Writes to Thomas Jefferson." ... I now confess to you, that I am not under that state of tyrannical thralldom, and inhuman captivity, to which too many of my brethren are doomed, but that I have abundantly tasted of the fruition of those blessings, which proceed from that free and unequalled liberty with which you are favored; and which, I hope, you will willingly allow you have mercifully received, from the immediate hand of that Being, from whom proceeded every good and perfect Gift.

Enjoyment

Which viewpoint does Banneker convey in "Benjamin Banneker Writes to Thomas Jefferson"?

Fundamental human rights should be extended to all people

What is the meaning of variable? Read the excerpt "Benjamin Banneker Writes to Thomas Jefferson." ...that one universal Father hath given being to us all; and that he hath not only made us all of one flesh, but that he hath also, without partiality, afforded us all the same sensations and endowed us all with the same faculties; and that however variable we may be in society or religion, however diversified in situation or color, we are all of the same family, and stand in the same relation to him.

Subject to change

Part A Which topic is shared by "Fling Out the Anti-Slavery Flag" and "Go Down, Moses"?

The cruelty and injustice of enslavement

Part A Which topic is shared by "Follow the Drinking Gourd" and "Go Down, Moses"?

The desire for liberty

How does the excerpt contribute to the power of Banneker's message to Jefferson? Select the two correct answers. Read the excerpt "Benjamin Banneker Writes to Thomas Jefferson." This, Sir, was a time when you clearly saw into the injustice of a state of slavery, and in which you had just apprehensions of the horrors of its condition. It was now that your abhorrence thereof was so excited, that you publicly held forth this true and invaluable doctrine, which is worthy to be recorded and remembered in all succeeding ages: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, and that among these are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Here was a time, in which your tender feelings for yourselves had engaged you thus to declare, you were then impressed with proper ideas of the great violation of liberty, and the free possession of those blessings, to which you were entitled by nature.

Banneker uses Jefferson's own words to demonstrate that the practice of enslavement is inconsistent with American values AND Banneker reminds Jefferson of the divine origin of "unalienable rights" to highlight the hypocrisy of a government that withholds those rights.

Which viewpoint does Banneker convey in "Benjamin Banneker Writes to Thomas Jefferson"?

Black Americans should have equality with white Americans

How does the excerpt contribute to the power of Banneker's message to Jefferson? Select the two correct answers. Read the excerpt "Benjamin Banneker Writes to Thomas Jefferson." Sir, suffer me to recall to your mind that time, in which the arms and tyranny of the British crown were exerted, with every powerful effort, in order to reduce you to a state of servitude: look back, I entreat you, on the variety of dangers to which you were exposed; reflect on that time, in which every human aid appeared unavailable, and in which even hope and fortitude wore the aspect of inability to the conflict, and you cannot but be led to a serious and grateful sense of your miraculous and providential preservation; you cannot but acknowledge, that the present freedom and tranquility which you enjoy you have mercifully received, and that it is the peculiar blessing of Heaven.

By comparing the unfair treatment of American Colonists under British rule to that of enslaved persons, Banneker appeals to Jefferson's sense of empathy AND Banneker reminds Jefferson of the intolerable conditions that led to the Declaration of Independence and separation from British rule