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Because I think a woman who is undecided between two offers, has not love enough for either to make a choice; and in that very hesitation, indecision, she has a reason to pause and seriously reflect, lest her marriage, instead of being an affinity of souls or a union of hearts, should only be a mere matter of bargain and sale, or an affair of convenience and selfish interest.

In this excerpt from "The Two Offers," Harper is making a connection between marriage and what other prominent theme of the time?

business

imprisonment

prostitution

slavery

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Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

Because I think a woman who is undecided between two offers, has not love enough for either to make a choice; and in that very hesitation, indecision, she has a reason to pause and seriously reflect, lest her marriage, instead of being an affinity of souls or a union of hearts, should only be a mere matter of bargain and sale, or an affair of convenience and selfish interest.

In this excerpt from "The Two Offers," Harper is making a connection between marriage and what other prominent theme of the time?

business

imprisonment

prostitution

slavery

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Mya Medina · Answer 1

In the excerpt "The Two Offers" by Harper, 1859, the author makes a connection between marriage and slavery. She is an African American writer who wrote about abolition. Women were socialized to get married. Their role was that of submission and marriage was considered an institution similar to slavery.

Kristin Bryant · Answer 2

Harper makes a connection between marriage and slavery when she mentions it that it "should only e a mere matter of bargain and sale ..."