You will now read two related passages and answer questions that follow.

Some of these questions will ask you to compare the two passages. The Slaves Complaint by George oses !orton 1 Am I sadly cast aside, on misfortunes rugged tide? Will the world my pains deride For ever? Must I dwell in laverys night, And all pleasure ta!e its flight, Far "eyond my fee"le sight, For ever? Worst of all, must $ope grow dim, And withhold her cheering "eam? %ather let me sleep and dream For ever& omething still my heart surveys, (roping through this dreary ma)e* Is it $ope? + then "urn and "la)e For ever& -eave me not a wretch confined, Altogether lame and "lind + .nto gross despair consigned, For ever& $eaven& in whom can I confide? 0anst thou not for all provide? 0ondescend1 to "e my guide For ever1 And when this transient life shall end, 3h, may some !ind, eternal friend 4id me from servitude ascend, For ever&

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1#5 -eave me not a wretch confined, Altogether lame and "lind+ .nto gross despair consigned, For ever& In this stan)a from 67he laves 0omplaint,8 the word consigned means A freed5 4 damaged5

0 saddened5 9 su"mitted5 1'5 Which literary techni:ue does the poet use to develop his main idea in 67he laves 0omplaint8? F tone ( irony $ allegory ; foreshadowing 1,5 In 67he laves 0omplaint,8 the poet wants readers to "e a"le A to e<plain how slavery "egan5 4 to apply the teachings emphasi)ed in the poem5 0 to understand his thoughts and feelings a"out slavery5 9 to en=oy the story a"out an e<perience included in the poem5 "ead this passage which goes with the previous passage. Then answer the questions that follow. #arrative of So$ourner Truth as told to %live Gilbert > o=ourner 7ruth, whose name originally was Isa"ella, was "orn "etween 12?2 and 1@AA5 he was the daughter of slaves in Bew Cor!5 7his section of her personal account descri"es what happened when she was "ought "y a Mr5 9umont of Bew Cor! in 1@1A5D 1 Mr5 9umont, naturally a man of !ind feelings, treated his slaves with all the consideration he did his other animals, and more perhaps5 ince her parents had taught her to "e considerate and hard wor!ing, Isa"ella did her "est to please her master5 As a result of her hard wor!, she earned her masters confidence and received many small favors that were unattaina"le "y other slaves5 When as!ed if her master, 9umont, ever whipped her, she answered, 63h, yes, he sometimes whipped me soundly, though never cruelly58 2 At this time she loo!ed upon her master as a god5 If anyone tal!ed to her of the in=ustice of her "eing a slave, she answered them with contempt and immediately told her master5 he then firmly "elieved that slavery was right and honora"le5 he now sees very clearly the false position they were all in, "oth masters and slaves5 he now loo!s "ac!, with utter astonishment, at thefoolishness of the claims so arrogantly set up "y the masters+that they could rule over other "eings also designed "y (od to "e as free as !ings+and at the perfect stupidity of the slave in admitting for one moment the validity of these claims5 # Cet Isa"ella was proud that she had "een faithful and true to her master* it helped to form in her a character that loved truth and hated a lie5 ' Emancipation of all slaves in Bew Cor! was to ta!e place in 1@2@5 ome years "efore that, Isa"ellas master had told her if she would do well, and "e

faithful, he would give her 6free papers,8 one year "efore she was legally free "y statute5 In 1@2/ she had a "adly diseased hand, which greatly diminished her usefulness* however, on ;uly ', 1@22, the time specified for her receiving her 6free papers,8 she claimed the fulfillment of her masters promise5 4ut Mr5 9umont refused to grant it, citing the loss he had sustained "ecause of her hand5 he pleaded that she had wor!ed all the time, although she !new she had "een less useful than formerly5 $er master remained infle<i"le5 $er very faithfulness pro"a"ly operated against her, and he found it less easy than he had thought to give up the profits of his faithful Isa"ella, who had so long done him efficient service5 , 4ut Isa"ella inwardly determined that she would remain with him only until she had spun his wool, and then she would ta!e her infant son and leave5 6Ah&8 she said, 6the slaveholders are terri"le for promising to give you this or that, or such and such a privilege, if you will do thus and so5 When the time of fulfillment comes, and one claims the promise, they recollect nothing of the !ind, and you are taunted with "eing called a liar or accused of not having performed your part of the contract58 / Bevertheless, she continued with her master till the wool was spun and the heaviest of the falls wor! completed5 At that time, she decided to ta!e her freedom into her own hands and see! her fortune in some other place5 2 7he :uestion in her mind, and one not easily solved, was 6$ow can I get away?8 Finally, the thought came to her that she could leave =ust "efore the day dawned* she could leave the neigh"orhood where she was !nown "efore people were astir5 o one morning, =ust "efore day"rea!, she stepped stealthily away from the rear of Master 9umonts house, her infant on one arm and a "undle containing her clothes and provisions on the other5 @ As she gained the summit of a high hill a considera"le distance from her masters, the sun offended her "y coming forth in pure splendor5 Indeed, she thought it much too light5 he stopped to loo! a"out her and ascertain if her pursuers were yet in sight5 Bo one appeared, and for the first time, this :uestion came up for settlement1 6Where shall I go?8 In all her thoughts of getting away, she had not once as!ed herself whither she should direct her steps5 ? And soon it occurred to her that there was a man living in the direction she had "een pursuing "y the name of -evi %owe5 he had !nown him for some years and thought he would "e li!ely to "efriend her5 he wal!ed on to his house, where she found him ready to assist her even though he had "een ill for some time5 $e said he !new of a good place where she might get in and offered to ta!e her there5 1A As soon as she came in sight of the house, she recollected having seen it and its inha"itants "efore5 he e<claimed, 67hats the place for me* I shall stop there58 he was !indly received "y Mr5 and Mrs5 Fan Wagener5 7hey listened to her story, assuring her they never turned the needy away, and

willingly gave her employment5 11 he had not "een there long "efore her old master, 9umont, appeared, as she had anticipated5 When she had left, she had resolved not to go too far from him and not put him to much trou"le in loo!ing her up5 he did this "ecause Mr5 9umont had sometimes considered her feelings, though not always, and she had "een e:ually considerate of his5 12 When her former master saw her, he said, 6Well, Isa"ella, so youve run away from me58 1# 6GBo, I did not run away* I wal!ed away "y daylight "ecause you had promised me a year of my time,8 she answered5 1' 1, 1/ 12 6Cou must go "ac! with me,8 he insisted5 6Bo, I wont go "ac! with you,8 she responded5 6Well then, I shall ta!e the child,8 Mr5 9umont stated5 4ut Isa"ella stoutly negated his demand5

1@ Mr5 Fan Wagener then intervened, saying he had never "een in the practice of "uying and selling slaves* he did not "elieve in slavery, "ut, rather than have Isa"ella ta!en "ac! "y force, he would "uy her services for the "alance of the year+for which her master charged twenty dollars, and five in addition for the child5 7he sum was paid, and her master 9umont departed+"ut not "efore he had heard Mr5 Fan Wagener tell Isa"ella not to call him master5 Isa"ella in:uired what she should call him5 1? 60all me Isaac Fan Wagener, and my wife is Maria Fan Wagener,8 he said to her in response5 2A Isa"ella could not understand this and thought it a mighty change1 it most truly was, from a master whose word was law to simple Isaac Fan Wagener, who was master to no one5 21 he resided there for one year until emancipation, and from them she derived the name of Fan Wagener5 $e had "een her last master in the eye of the law, and a slaves surname is ever the same as his master5 1/+and at the perfect stupidity of the slave in admitting for one moment the validity of these claims5 In 6Barrative of o=ourner 7ruth,8 the word validity means F unselfishness5 ( un!indness5 $ foolishness5 ; soundness5

12 4ased on 6Barrative of o=ourner 7ruth,8 how did the politics of the day impact 9umont? A $e lost his farm "ecause he freed all his slaves5 4 $e campaigned to stop the emancipation of slaves5 0 $e received e<tra payment for wor! done "y Isa"ella5 9 $e was forced to deal with the loss of a valua"le asset5 1@ 6Barrative of o=ourner 7ruth8 can "est "e descri"ed as F an essay5 ( an editorial5 $ a "iography5 ; a short story5 1? What issue did "oth Isa"ella and $orton face? A how to find "etter masters 4 how to gain freedom 0 when to run away 9 where to live ne<t 2A $ow was Isa"ella different from $orton? F Isa"ella encouraged slaves to run away for their safety5 ( Isa"ella thought her life was "eyond her control5 $ Isa"ella was depressed "y her ina"ility to wor!5 ; Isa"ella changed her "eliefs a"out slavery5