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Verbal·Expression of Ideas·Rhetorical Synthesis
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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
  • The Sons of Africa was a British abolitionist group founded in the late eighteenth century that consisted of formerly enslaved Africans who had gained their freedom.
  • It was the first Black political organization in British history.
  • It was cofounded by Olaudah Equiano and Ottobah Cugoano.
  • Its members included John Christopher, James Bailey, Broughwar Jogensmel, and roughly a dozen others.
  • The group’s members advocated for abolition by giving public speeches, organizing protests, and persuading legislators to pass antislavery bills.
  • Their actions contributed to the abolition of the British slave trade in 1807.
The student wants to begin a narrative about the Sons of Africa. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
A
After years of speeches, petitions, and persuading legislators, the group accomplished its mission—the British slave trade was abolished in 1807.
B
Political change does not come easy: it took years of speeches, petitions, and more by the group’s members to bring about an end to the slave trade.
C
Christopher, Bailey, and Jogensmel were all formerly enslaved people who had gained their freedom; Cugoano was the cofounder of the first Black political organization in British history.
D
In the late eighteenth century, a group of formerly enslaved Africans would become the first Black political organization in British history—the Sons of Africa.