Question

read the passage from sugar changed the world. the end of slavery was a great step for human rights. but what did it mean on the sugar plantations - which had depended on extremely cheap labor to keep up with the twenty - four - hour cycle from harvest to mill? in 1836, the same john gladstone whose sugar estate had exhibited the chained body of the slave leader quamina wrote to a shipping company. gladstone asked it to provide a hundred workers (the slang name was coolies) from india to labor on his plantations. gladstones first ships, the whitby, carrying 249 passengers, and the hesperus, carrying 244, sailed for demerara in 1838. what evidence do the authors include to support the central idea that the sugar plantations cheap labor source changed from enslaved people to indentured indians? the sugar plantations depended on cheap labor. the sugar plantations had a 24 - hour cycle. gladstone asked the shipping company to provide workers. gladstone exhibited the chained body of quamina.

Explanation:

The passage discusses the end of slavery and the need for cheap labor on sugar plantations. When slavery ended, plantation owners like John Gladstone looked for alternative labor sources. The fact that Gladstone asked a shipping company to provide workers (referred to as "coolies") from India shows a shift from enslaved people to indentured Indians. The other options either state general facts about sugar plantations (like depending on cheap labor or having a 24 - hour cycle) which do not specifically show the shift in labor source, or mention an unrelated action (exhibiting the body of Quamina).

Answer:

Gladstone asked the shipping company to provide workers.