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Read the following selection from the section "Once Your Sympathy Has Been Awakened".
How pitiable is it to reflect that at the same time you believed it proper for a numerous portion of
my brethren to be held in groaning captivity and under cruel oppression. How unfortunate that
you should be found guilty of that most criminal act, depriving a man of his liberty. You were guilty
of the very crime you claimed to detest in others.
Which of the following can be inferred from the selection above?
(A) Jefferson was at one point actively involved in the fight against slavery.
(B) Jefferson will most likely be sent to jail for the crimes he has committed
(C) Banneker is suggesting that Jefferson had always meant to put an end to slavery.
(D) Banneker is suggesting that by not ending slavery Jefferson has betrayed his own beliefs.

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Banneker is suggesting that by not ending slavery Jefferson has betrayed his own beliefs.

From the passage, Banneker said "How pitiable is it to reflect that at the same time you believed it proper for a numerous" This suggests that Jefferson was fighting against the slave trade he was also guilty of being a ringleader in the slave trade that's why he said; 'You were guilty

of the very crime you claimed to detest in others'

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