Question

What does the figurative language convey in this line from the autobiography?
and, cruel as the deed may strike any one to be, for a man to sell his own children to human flesh-mongers, it is often the dictate of humanity for him to do so;
(from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave Written by Himself by Frederick Douglass)
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power of society
support of society
weakness of the individual
inhumanity of the individual

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Is it D?