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read this excerpt from the adventures of robinson crusoe
was very loth to sell [xuryl, who had assisted me so
faithfully in procuring my own [freedom). however, when i
let [the captain) know my reason, [he] offered me this
medium, that he would give the boy an obligation to set
him free in ten years, if he turned christian.
what does this passage reveal about the times defoe was writing about?
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a. slavery was more common at sea than it was on land.
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b. europeans believed christians had more value than other people.
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c. slavery was more common among christians than other people.
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d. europeans were troubled by the existence of slavery.

The english language has the largest vocabulary of any language in existence. it has close to a million words! the english language is also the most widely used language in the world. close to a billion speakers, at least half of which speak english as a second or foreign language. this unit takes you on a brief tour of the history of english, showing you how the language moved from its obscure beginnings to its celebrated status as the first truly global language. what is the main idea in the text?

Stone, two or three feet thick, the door of wood and iron, a foot thick, and the iron grating which strained the light, i could not being struck with the foolishness of that institution which treated me as if i were mere flesh and blood and bones, to be locked up. i wondered that it should have concluded at length that this was the best use it could put me to, and had never thought to avail itself of my services in some way. i saw that, if there was a wall of stone between me and my townsmen, there was a still more difficult one to climb or break through before they could get to be as free as i was. i did not for a moment feel confined, and the walls seemed a great waste of stone and mortar. i felt as if i alone of all my townsmen had paid my tax. — “civil disobedience,” henry david thoreau based on this passage, how did thoreau feel about his confinement?

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