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Asa

10 July, 22:45

Time Sensitive! Hurry!

Night, too, began to approach, and aggravated all my fears. I had before entertained hopes of getting home, and had determined when it should be dark to make the attempt; but I was now convinced it was fruitless, and began to consider that, if possibly I could escape all other animals, I could not those of the human kind; and that, not knowing the way, I must perish in the woods. Thus was I like the hunted deer-

This excerpt from Equiano's autobiography best illustrates which central idea?

A. the dehumanizing experience of slavery

B. the power of hope and the Christian faith

C. the untamed wilderness of the American South

D. the brutality with which man treats his fellow man