"that old ship, the institution of slavery, is dead, and i am glad of it. shall i employ its captain or its manager to bear me through the ocean again? " —african american minister's post-slavery response. the speaker in the quotation above uses a metaphor to describe the situation african americans faced after slavery. what issue is the minister addressing? question 9 options: whether freedmen should return to africa or remain in the united states lincoln's emancipation policy whom freedmen should look to for leadership what method of transportation african americans should use to escape slavery

The correct answer is whom freedmen should look to for leadership.

A metaphor describes a situation using a word not in its literally sense but as a comparison or analogy, in the quotation the captain or manager of the old ship, which is the institution slavery, is used to represent the leadership.

the  seven  days  battles  were  a series of seven battles over seven  days from june 25 to july 1, 1862, near richmond, virginia,  during  the american civil war. the  seven  days ended with mcclellan's army in relative safety next to the james river, having suffered almost 16,000 casualtiesduring  the retreat.

b: the exchange of coined money