Part a: which statement identifies the central idea of the letter?
a. harriet tubman contributed to the abolitionist movement in mostly unknown,
unrecognized ways.
b. frederick douglass is upset that not more people know about harriet tubman’s
contributions to the abolitionist movement.
c. the accomplishments that go unknown are more important than those
recognized and appreciated by the public.
d. the sacrifices that harriet tubman made for the abolitionist movement can be
rivaled by no one.

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part b: which detail from paragraph 2 best supports the answer to part a?

a
“i am glad to know that the story of your eventful life has been written by a kind lady, and that the same is soon to be published.”
b
“i need such words from you far more than you can need them from me, especially where your superior labors and devotion to the cause of the lately enslaved of our land are known as i know them.”
c
“the midnight sky and the silent stars have been the witnesses of your devotion to freedom and of your heroism.”
d
“i know of no one who has willingly encountered more perils and hardships to serve our enslaved people than you have.”

3. how does the quote in paragraph 2, “the most that you have done has been
witnessed by a few trembling, scarred, and foot-sore bondmen and women, whom
you have led out of the house of bondage” contribute to the development of ideas in the
text?
a. it shows how freed slaves were of harriet tubman.
b. it provides an example of harriet tubman’s secret accomplishments.
c. it depicts the journey to freedom as a difficult one.
d. it expresses frederick douglass’s desire for more people to know about harriet
tubman’s accomplishments.
4. how does douglass compare his and tubman’s reputations?
a. they are both well-known abolitionists who have worked in the public spotlight.
b. tubman has a better reputation than douglass because she put her life at risk
for the cause.
c. douglass has a wider reputation than tubman at the time because his work was
public and hers private.
d. douglass believes that he earned his more esteemed national reputation
because he faced more public scrutiny than tubman.
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5. how does douglass view tubman’s work in the context of john brown’s work? cite [ri.3]
evidence from the text in your answer.