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Use context to determine the meaning of the words in bold.


When, in March and May and July, 1862, I made earnest and successive appeals to the Border States to favor compensated emancipation, I believed the indispensable necessity for military emancipation and arming the blacks would come, unless averted by that measure.



The words in bold are: "I made earnest and successive appeals".


I made a few angry gestures.


I made several heartfelt requests.


I made two unenthusiastic attempts.


I made old-fashioned decisions.