In 1794,Absalom Jones and Richard Allen Published a Narrative of the Proceedings

question 25

Multiple Choice

In 1794,Absalom Jones and Richard Allen published A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Black People during the Late Awful Calamity in Philadelphia in order to

• A)chastise black Americans for having failed to help the people of Philadelphia during the yellow fever epidemic.
• B)disprove arguments that escaped slaves had deliberately infected the population of Philadelphia with yellow fever.
• C)refute allegations that blacks had used the yellow fever epidemic as an opportunity to plunder the homes of Philadelphians.
• D)urge black readers to abandon their attempts to live up to white Americans' ideas of "respectability" and instead to find freedom in nonconformity.

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