WHICH OF THE SENTENCES BELOW BEST EXPRESSES THE ESSENTIAL INFORMAT...

25. Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in the passage? A. Free Africans in the North did not fare as well as free whites, thereby proving the Southerners' ideas true. B. Free Africans in the North proved the Southerners' ideas false by being both learned and successful. C. Only in the North could Africans get an education and be saved from the Southerners. D. The Southerners believed that no African could become educated or achieve any status except that of a slave.