Question

read the passage from sugar changed the world. how do the authors use english history to support the claim that many people joined the antislavery movement for moral reasons? in 1806, the antislavery forces brought a new bill before parliament that would limit british involvement in the slave trade. some of the most powerful testimony in favor of the bill came from former army officers who had been to the caribbean and had seen the courage of the former slaves and the horrors of slavery. the slaves spoke through the testimony of the very men who had gone to fight them. one member of parliament told his colleagues of the tortures he had seen in the islands. slavery was not an abstraction, an economic force, a counter in the game of world politics—it was the suffering of men and women. members of parliament were being confronted with the reality of slavery, just as audiences at clarkson’s lectures were when he showed shackles and whips. while parliament debated the new bill, clarkson and his allies went on lecturing, talking, changing minds all the authors explain the details of the bill that would limit british involvement in the trading of enslaved people. the authors use events from english history to describe the economic impact of involuntary servitude. the authors provide a primary - source quotation from a british abolitionist named william wilberforce. the authors summarize a newspaper article about ships in bristol carrying enslaved people.

Explanation:

The passage describes how former army officers (who had witnessed the horrors of slavery) gave testimony in favor of the 1806 bill. This testimony, along with a member of Parliament sharing the tortures he saw, shows that people were moved by the moral aspect (the suffering of enslaved people) of the issue. The other options either focus on non - moral aspects (like economic impact in option 2) or do not directly relate to the moral reasoning shown in the passage (options 1 and 4).

Answer:

The authors explain the details of the bill that would limit British involvement in the trading of enslaved people.