Line 10 18 20 25 30 96 40 SAT History Passages SET - Questions 1-10 are based on the following passage. 1.2 The following paseage is adapted from an address by Henry Highland Gamet, read at the National Convention held at Buffalo, N.Y., in 1843. Brethren and Fellow Citizens: ‘Your brethren of the north, east, and west have been accustomed to meet together in National Conventions, to sympathize with each other, and to ‘weep over your unhappy condition, In these meetings, we have addressed all classes of the free, but we have never until this time sent a word of consolation and advice to you. We have been contented in sitting still and mourning over your sorrows, earnestly hoping that before this day your sacred liberties would have been restored. But, we have hoped in vain. Years have rolled on, and tens of thousands have been bome on streams of blood and teats to the shores of eternity. While you have been oppressed, we have also been partakers with you, nor can we be free while you are enslaved. We therefore write to you as being bound with you. Many of you are bound to us, not only by the ties of a common humanity but by the more tender relations of parents, wives, husbands, children, brothers, sisters, and friends. As such we most affectionately address you. Slavery has fixed a deep gulf between you and us, and while it shuts out from you the relief and consolation which your friends would willingly render, it afflicts and persecutes you with a fierceness which ‘we might not expect to see in the fiends of hell, But still, the Almighty Father of Mercies has left to us a glimmering ray of hope, which shines out like a lone star in a cloudy sky. Mankind are becoming wiser, and better; the oppressor’s power is fading, and you, every day, are becoming better informed and more numerous. Your grievances, brethren, are many, We shall not attempt, in this short address, to present to the world all the dark catalogue of this nation’s sins, which have been committed upon an innocent people. Nor is it indeed necessary, for you feel them from day to day, and all the civilized world look upon them with amazement, ‘Two hundred and twenty-seven years ago, the first of our injured race were brought to the shores of ‘Ametica, They came not with glad spirits to select theit homes in the New World. They came not with their ‘own consent to find an unmolested enjoyment of the blessings of this fruitful soil. The first dealings which 45 they had with those calling themselves Christians exhibited to them the worst features of corrupt and sordid hearts, and convinced them that no cruelty is, too great, no villainy and no robbery too abhorrent. for even enlightened men to perform, when influenced by 60 avarice and lust. Neither did they come flying upon the wings of Liberty to a land of freedom, But they came with broken hearts from their beloved native land, and were doomed to unrequited toil and deep degradation. Nor did the evil of their bondage end at {55 their emancipation by death, Succeeding generations inherited their chains, and millions have come from cetemity into time, and have retumed again to the world of spirits, cursed and ruined by American Slavery. ‘The propagators of the system, or their immediate 60 ancestors, very soon discovered its growing evil, ‘and ils tremendous wickedness, and secret promises were made to destroy it. The gross inconsistency of a people holding slaves, who lad themselves “ferried ‘er the wave” for freedom’s sake, was too apparent to 65 be entirely overlooked. The voice of Freedom cried: “emancipate your Slaves.” Humanity supplicated with tears for the deliverance of the children of Aftiea. Wisdom urged her solemn plea. The bleeding captive plead his innocence, and pointed to Christianity who 70 stood weeping at the cross, But all was vain. Slavery had stretched its dark wings of death over the land. Its throne is established, and now it reigns triumphantly, Nearly three million of your fellow citizens are prohibited by law, and public opinion, from reading 75 the Book of Life. Your intellect has been destroyed as much as possible, and every ray of light they have attempted to shut out from your minds, The oppressors themselves have become involved in the ruin. They have become weak, sensual, and rapacious. They have {80 cursed you—they have cursed themselves—they have cursed the earth which they have trod. In the language of a Souther statesman, we can truly say, “even the wolf, driven back long since by the approach of man, now retums after the lapse of a hundred years, and. howls amid the desolations of slavery.” AV RpePr 7 wwWhat is a central claim of the passage? A) Although slavery is mostly harmful to the slave, its destructiveness hae spread throughout American life 'B) Although the South supports slavery, there are signs of a growing abolitionist movement in the North. ) Although slavery was once a profitable institution, its growing unpopularity makes it unsustainable. D) Although slavery is beginning to fall out of favor, its legacy of irreparable damage cannot be overcome by abolition With which choice would the author most likely agree shout the hond hetween the free and the enslaved? A) There can be no meaningful bondls between the two ‘groups as long as slavery exists. B) All Americans, whether free or enslaved, are bound by common Christian values. C) Many free Americans have close familial ties with those who are enslaved 'D) The future prospects for free Americans are inextricably tied to the fate ofthe enslaved ‘Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question? A) Lines 13-15 (“While you... enslaved”) B) Lines 17-21 ("Many of..you") C) Lines 39-41 (“Two hundred.,.America”) 1D) Lines 44-50 (“The first...ust”) As used in line 22, “fixed” most nearly means A) solved. B) solidified. 2 Opset AN D) mended a bs nh SAT History Passages SET - ‘Throughout the fourth paragraph (Hines 22-38), the main focus shifts from ‘A) a lamentation of the indifference of the warld toward slavery to an appeal for global sympathy. B) a depiction of the animosity between slaves and free Affican-Americans to the urging that such a divide be closed ©)a recognition of the destructiveness of slavery to the promise of a possible reprieve. ) a statement about slaves’ ignorance of their plight to «recognition of their gradual enlightonmont oftheir condition. Garnet indicates that many of the slaves who were first taken from Africa as slaves ‘A) had children in the Ameticas who were born into slavery. B) died from the harsh conditions on the trip to the Americas. ©) eventually escaped to freedom in the North 'D) returned to Africa after securing their freedom, ‘Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question? ‘A) Lines 42-44 (* They came... soil”) B) Lines 51-54 (“But they ... degradation”) ©) Lines 55-58 (“Succeeding generations...Slavery”) D) Lines 68-70 (“The bleeding. .r0ss”) ‘As used in line 49, “influenced” most nearly means A) motivated B) manipulated, ©) inspired. D) tempted.‘What is the “inconsistency” to which Garnet alludes in lines 62-65 (“The gross...overlooked.”)? | A) That many American slaves were told that they would | be ftee in America, only to be enslaved upon arriving. | B) That a country founded by immigrants seeking freedom should allow other “immigrants” to be held in bondage, ) That some American slaveowners were once slaves themselves. | D) That many American slaves are not, in fact, American | by birth, as they were bor in Altice | Gamet indicates that slavery has produced which effect on slaveholders? A) Ithas put them in the postion to avoid facing the injustice of their actions. B) It has allowed them to lead empty lives of hedonism | and immorality (©) [thas artificially raised their socio-economic postion to one above AVficans. j ) Ithas maintained their privilege so that they are | ignorant of others’ suffering. SAT History Passages SET -