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THE PARSON POET
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What is revealed to be the true purpose of Dr. Stillman's advertisement seeking to purchase "incurable" sick Negroes?
A
He intended to cure them for free as a charitable act
B
He wanted them for anatomical dissection at his medical college, and Mr. Peck implies they were sometimes bled to death once needed rather than waiting for natural death
C
He was collecting them for a hospital
D
The advertisement was a hoax with no real purpose
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