Which two statements best describe the main reasons that formerly enslaved people wrote narratives?

to bring attention to the demeaning and dangerous conditions that enslaved people faced

to bring attention to the protection of slavery that was embedded in founding documents

to counter the idyllic depictions of slavery that often came from slaveholders

to counter the development and growth of the colonial economies

A and C, to bring attention to the demeaning and dangerous conditions that enslaved people faced  and to counter the idyllic depictions of slavery that often came from slaveholders

Explanation:

Narratives from an enslaved African American's point of view would best represent the degrading conditions, cruel treatment, and brutal labor they faced. This would also help counter the biased and white-supremacist views of slavery offered by slaveholders and slave owners.

freedom of speech is also protected by the 1 amendment.

explanation:

here is pretty much what the 1st amendment says:

congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.