English, 02.11.2021 02:00 aaivey9815

We were all ranked together at the valuation. Men and women, old and young, married and single, were ranked with horses, sheep, and swine. There were horses and men, cattle and women, pigs and children, all holding the same rank in the scale of being, and all were subjected to the same narrow examination. Silvery-headed age and sprightly youth, maids and matrons had to undergo the same indelicate inspection. At this moment, I saw more clearly than ever the brutalizing effects of slavery upon both slave and slaveholder. - Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass

How does the imagery in the passage help Douglass achieve his purpose?

Oli shows how closely Douglass observed the conditions around him.

It shows what a marketplace was like at the time.
O It shows how enslaved people were treated as less than human.

O It shows how enslaved children competed with pigs for a meal.

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