Question

read the passage below written by dr. james mccune smith, an american abolitionist. based on this excerpt, what lesson does the haitian revolution teach? but his thoughts were bent on conquest of another kind; he was determined to overthrow an error which designing and interested men had craftily instilled into the civilized world, — a belief in the natural inferiority of the negro race. it was the glory and the warrantable boast of toussaint that he had been the instrument of demonstrating that, even with the worst odds against them, this race is entirely capable of achieving liberty and of self - government. he did more: by abolishing caste he proved the artificial nature of such distinctions, and further demonstrated that even slavery cannot unfit men for the full exercise of all the functions which belong to free citizens. 1. james mccune smith, toussaint louverture and the haytian revolutions, february 26, 1841, louverture project, accessed may 2, 2013. http://thelouvertureproject.org/index.php?title=toussaint_l%27ouverture_and_the_haytian_revolutions. a. some people are more capable of governing themselves than others. b. an enslaved person is naturally inferior to a free person. c. the belief that a person is inferior because of race is false. d. enslaved people will be free only when they form a new nation.

Explanation:

The passage emphasizes that Toussaint demonstrated the fallacy of the belief in the natural inferiority of the Negro race by achieving liberty and self - government, and by abolishing caste. It shows that the idea of racial inferiority is artificial.

Answer:

C. The belief that a person is inferior because of race is false.