Read this passage from narrative of the life of frederick douglass in which the author, a
former slave, describes a scene from his youth. then, answer the question(s).
our house stood within a few rods of the chesapeake bay, whose broad bosom was ever white
with sails from every quarter of the habitable globe. those beautiful vessels, robed in purest
white, so delightful to the eye of freemen, were to me so many shrouded ghosts, to terrify and
torment me with thoughts of my wretched condition. i have often stood all alone upon the
lofty banks of that noble bay, and traced, with saddened heart and tearful eye, the countless
number of sails moving off to the mighty ocean.
"you are loosed from your moorings, and are free; i am fast in my chains, and am a
you are freedom's swift-winged angels, that fly round the world; i am confined in bands of iron! that i were "
which word best describes the tone of the passage? *

angry and sorrowful

b. accepting and forgiving

c. calm and thoughtful

d. cold and unemotional