Question

read the passage from sugar changed the world. the english public, now consuming some eighteen pounds of sugar a year, knew little about the lives of the enslaved africans whose labor sweetened their meals. worse yet, every englishman who hammered the wood, sewed the sails, manufactured the rope for slave - ships, or built the barrels to hold slave - harvested sugar made his money from the slave trade. the english were getting richer because africans were being turned into property. clarkson and others believed as we do that in the coming decades what would be called abolitionists realized that while that line gave the english a stake in slavery, it also gave the antislavery forces an opportunity. if they could reverse the flow - make the horrors of slavery visible to those who benefited from it - they might be able to end the vile practice forever. the abolitionists were brilliant. they created the most effective public relations campaign in history, inventing techniques that we use to this day. which excerpt from the passage best states the authors claim? the english were getting richer because africans were being turned into property. “... while that line gave the english a stake in slavery, it also gave the antislavery forces an opportunity.” they created the most effective public relations campaign in history, inventing techniques that we use to this day. “... clarkson and others organized what we would call boycotts of the slave - harvested sugar.”

Explanation:

To find the excerpt that best states the author's claim, we need to identify the main - idea statement. The passage seems to discuss the connection between English sugar - consumption, slavery, and its impacts. The claim likely relates to the consequences of the sugar - slavery relationship for the English. The first option about the English getting richer due to slaves being turned into property seems to capture the essence of the passage's argument about the economic benefits of slavery for the English.

Answer:

"The English were getting richer because Africans were being turned into property"