SAT Question e13171c4: Answer & Explanation

Historians Tiya Miles and Roy E. Finkenbine have both documented the assistance Indigenous peoples gave to Black freedom seekers leaving the South before the US Civil War. Much of the historical evidence of this help comes from Indigenous oral traditions and from autobiographies written by the freedom seekers. One such narrative is Jermain Loguen’s autobiography, which tells about how Neshnabé (Potawatomi) villagers offered him food, lodging, and directions during his 1835 journey from Tennessee to Canada.

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Difficulty:Easy

Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence?

It provides an example of an autobiography that describes help given by an Indigenous people to a Black freedom seeker.

It shows why Loguen decided to write in great detail about his experiences traveling from Tennessee to Canada in his autobiography.

It argues that autobiographies are particularly important sources of information about geography in the United States before the Civil War.

It suggests that most historians believe that Neshnabé villagers were more successful in assisting freedom seekers than other people were.

SAT Question e13171c4: Text Structure And Purpose answer and explanation

Explanation

Why the other choices are wrong