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read the passage from sugar changed the world. knowing that their slaves were likely to die by the time they reached their thirties, louisiana sugar planters were extremely selective—they bought only healthy - looking young men in their late teens. on average, the men purchased in louisiana were an inch taller than the people bought in the other slave states. those teenagers made up seven to eight out of every ten slaves brought to americas sugar hell. the others were younger teenage girls, around fifteen to sixteen years old. their job, for the rest of their short lives, was to have children. elizabeth ross hite knew that, for sure, \all de master wanted was fo dem wimmen to have children.\ enslaved children would be put to work or sold. the overseer s.b. raby explained,
achel had a fine boy last sunday. our crop of negroes will i think make up any deficiencies there may be in the cane crop.\ that is, a master could sell any slaves who managed to live, if he needed more how do the authors use historical evidence to support their claim in this passage? they argue that youth and gender are advantages when inventing entirely new forms of music. they argue that plantation owners acted against their own economic interests when they selected enslaved young men. they argue that different forms of music, such as jazz and bomba, came out of different types of hardship. they argue that extremely difficult conditions inspired enslaved young men to invent new forms of music.
To solve this, we analyze each option:
- Option 1: The passage is about slavery and sugar plantations, not music invention related to youth/gender. Eliminate.
- Option 2: The passage shows planters bought young men (knowing they'd die young) and had women bear children. This goes against economic sense (since slaves die young, buying young men is not economically optimal in the long run). This matches the historical evidence (planters' actions) to support a claim about their economic interests.
- Option 3: The passage doesn't discuss music forms like jazz/bomba. Eliminate.
- Option 4: The passage is not about music invention by enslaved young men. Eliminate.
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B. They argue that plantation owners acted against their own economic interests when they selected enslaved young men.