What did John Brown's raised right hand in this daguerreotype taken by black photographer Augustus Washington indicate?
A) Brown pledged to destroy slavery in the United States.
B) The five fingers on his hand represented his support for the five different parts of the
Compromise of 1850.
C) Brown was being sworn in as an antislavery member of the state legislature in Kansas.
D) Brown was showing how many proslavery settlers he killed at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.
A
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A) a threat to the young boy resting in the field. B) blending into the natural scene that surrounds it. C) far more interesting than any other aspect of the scene. D) a menace to the Lackawanna Valley. E) jarringly modern in a scene that could date from ages past.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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