单选题 In fear for their lives and in ______ of their freedom, thousands of enslaved women and children fled to the Northern States on the eve of the American Civil War.

【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] way“路，路线，路途”；view“观点”；vision“光景，视野”；pursuit“追求”。in pursuit of“追求，寻求”。答案是D。