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"well, my boy, how do you feel now? " said burch, as he entered through the open door. i replied
that i was sick, and inquired the cause of my imprisonment. he answered that i was his slave. he
said he had bought me, and that he was about to send me to new orleans. i asserted, aloud and
boldly, that i was a freeman-a resident of saratoga, where i had a wife and children, who were
also free, and that my name was northup. i complained bitterly of the strange treatment i had
received, and threatened, upon my liberation, to have satisfaction for the wrong. he denied that!
was free, and with an emphatic oath, declared that i came from georgia. again and again!
asserted i was no man's slave, and insisted upon his taking off my chains at once. he endeavored
to hush me, as if he feared my voice would be overheard. but i would not be silent, and
denounced the authors of my imprisonment, whoever they might be, as unmitigated villains.
finding he could not quiet me, he flew into a towering passion.
from twelve years a slave by
which sentence from the selection best shows that burch doesn't believe the narrator is a free
man?
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a. "well, my boy, how do you feel now? " said burch, as he entered through the open door.
b. he endeavored to hush me, as if he feared my voice would be overheard.
c. finding he could not quiet me, he flew into a towering passion.
d. he said he had bought me, and that he was about to send me to new-orleans.