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In the third paragraph (lines 13–24), the author discusses the dialogue he read primarily to

provide reasons enslaved people should learn to read
defend his conclusions about slavery
summarize how slavery ended in other countries
reveal his thoughts about people who escaped from slavery
explain why a slaveholder released an enslaved person