Question

comparing eighteenth-century texts on slavery
from thoughts and sentiments on the evil and wicked traffic of the slavery and commerce of t
british barbarity, and unparalleled injustice, is still carried on to a
very great extent in the colonies, and with an avidity as insidious,
cruel and oppressive as ever. the longer that men continue in the
practice of evil and wickedness, they grow the more abandoned; for
nothing in history can equal the barbarity and cruelty of the tortures,
and murders committed under various pretences in modern slavery,
except the annals of the inquisition and the bloody edicts of popish
massacres.
it is therefore manifest, that something else ought yet to be done;
and what is required, is evidently the incumbent duty of all men of
enlightened understanding, and of every man that has any claim or
affinity to the name of christian, that the base treatment which the
african slaves undergo, ought to be abolished; and it is moreover
evident, that the whole, or any part of that iniquitous traffic of slavery,
can no where, or in any degree, be admitted, but among those who
must eventually resign their own claim to any degree of sensibility
and humanity, for that is barbarism....
but it would be needless to arrange an history of all the base
treatment which the african slaves are subjected to, in order to shew
the exceeding wickedness and evil of that insidious traffic, as the
whole may easily appear in every part, and at every view, to be
wholly and totally inimical to every idea of justice, equity, reason and
humanity. what i intend to advance against that evil, criminal and
slavery is the worst form of oppression
taking place in the world today.
the gentlemen who enslave others have
been inappropriately honored.
part 2
which excerpt best supports the correct answer to part 1
\kind exertions of many benevolent and
humane gentlemen\
\the iniquitous traffic of slavery and
oppression\

Explanation:

The first part likely has a correct answer related to slavery being oppression. The excerpt "the iniquitous traffic of slavery and oppression" directly connects to the idea of slavery as a form of oppression, supporting that claim better than the other option which talks about benevolent gentlemen.

Answer:

"the iniquitous traffic of slavery and oppression"