Historians Tiya Miles and Roy E. Finkenbine have both documented the assistance Indigenous peoples gave to Black
freedom seekers leaving the South before the US Civil War. Much of the historical evidence of this help comes from
Indigenous oral traditions and from autobiographies written by the freedom seekers. One such narrative is Jermain Loguen’s
autobiography, which tells about how Neshnabé (Potawatomi) villagers offered him food, lodging, and directions during his
1835 journey from Tennessee to Canada.
It provides an example of an autobiography that describes help given by an Indigenous people to a Black freedom seeker.
It shows why Loguen decided to write in great detail about his experiences traveling from Tennessee to Canada in his
autobiography.
It argues that autobiographies are particularly important sources of information about geography in the United States
before the Civil War.
It suggests that most historians believe that Neshnabé villagers were more successful in assisting freedom seekers than
Choice A is the best answer. The previous sentence broadly mentions "autobiographies written by the freedom seekers." This
sentence identiﬁes Loguen’s autobiography as a speciﬁc example.
Choice B is incorrect. The sentence never explains why Loguen chose to write about his experiences. Choice C is incorrect.
The previous sentence identiﬁes autobiographies as useful sources of historical information about a speciﬁc topic, but not
for "information about geography." The underlined sentence provides details of one autobiography as an example of a source
of information about that speciﬁc topic (interactions between Indigenous people and Black freedom seekers). Choice D is
incorrect. The text never discusses other speciﬁc people who helped freedom seekers, and therefore can’t make a
comparison between the Neshnabé and anyone else.