Read the excerpt from Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, An African. I am sure you will applaud me for beseeching you to give one half hour's attention to slavery, as it is at this day practised in our West Indies.—That subject, handled in your striking manner, would ease the yoke (perhaps) of many—

What belief does Sancho express to Sterne in this excerpt?

A. Sterne needs to stop supporting slavery.
B. Sterne could use his writing to free many enslaved people.
C. Sterne should write a letter in support of slavery.
D. Sterne has to free some of the enslaved people who work for him.

The belief that Sancho expressed to Sterne in this excerpt is: B. Sterne could use his writing to free many enslaved people.

A belief is a personal opinion about something. In this excerpt, Sancho writes that if Sterne would continue to write about and support the move for abolition, he would free many blacks from their bondages.

So, option B correctly expresses Sterne's belief.

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B.

Explanation:

'Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho' were the letters exchanged between Sancho and Laurence Sterne. Laurence Sterne was a novelist. In one of his letters to Sterne, Sancho wrote that he should use his gift of writing to set many enslaved people free.

In the given text, taken from these letters, Sancho is urging Sterne the same. Sancho encouraged Sterne to use his writings to fight the evil of slavery. So, the correct answer is option B.

Sancho's belief expressed to Sterne in this letter is to motivate him to use hi pen as a sword to fight against slavery and set many enslaved free.

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