What can you infer about slaves from this passage?

Which of the following statements is a claim of definition?

Which trait is common to the narrators in these excerpts? a the narrators were born in poverty the narrators were separated from their birth parents c. the narrators grew up to be criminals d the narrators worked hard in lide to improva their ocial status the narrators blamed themselves for their mistortunps

How is the word laud and welcome different