What analogy does Douglass make in Chapter 3 of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass to describe Colonel Lloyd's wealth? A. "Colonel Lloyd owned so many slaves that he did not know them when he saw them." B. "To describe the wealth of Colonel Lloyd would be almost equal to describing the riches of Job." C. "He was said to own a thousand slaves, and I think this estimate quite within the truth." D. "For in nothing was Colonel Lloyd more particular than in the management of his horses."

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Steven Mills

18 December, 05:33

What analogy does Douglass make in Chapter 3 of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass to describe Colonel Lloyd's wealth? A. "Colonel Lloyd owned so many slaves that he did not know them when he saw them." B. "To describe the wealth of Colonel Lloyd would be almost equal to describing the riches of Job." C. "He was said to own a thousand slaves, and I think this estimate quite within the truth." D. "For in nothing was Colonel Lloyd more particular than in the management of his horses."

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Jameson Mayer · Answer 1

The correct option is A.

Douglass tried to quantify how rich Colonel Lloyd was in the chapter 3 of the book. He explained that the Colonel was so rich and had so many slaves, so much that, some of the slaves have never see him before and the Colonel himself did not know many of his slaves.