Question

for the present, it is enough to affirm the equal manhood of the negro race. is it not astonishing that, while we are ploughing, planting, and reaping, using all kinds of mechanical tools, erecting houses... that, while we are reading, writing and ciphering, acting as clerks, merchants, and secretaries, having among us lawyers, doctors, ministers, poets, authors, editors, orators, and teachers; that, while we are engaged in all manner of enterprises common to other men... living in families as husbands, wives, and children, and, above all, confessing and worshipping the christian’s god, and looking hopefully for this is an example of reasoning. retry

Explanation:

The text presents a series of examples (ploughing, planting, reaping, various professions, family roles, religious practice) to support the claim of the equal manhood of the Negro race. This is inductive reasoning, as it uses specific instances to draw a general conclusion about the equality of the Negro race's humanity. Inductive reasoning moves from specific observations to broader generalizations or hypotheses.

Answer:

inductive