Question

read the passage from sugar changed the world. in the 1930s, reporters spread out across the american south to capture the voices of history. some african americans who had been born as slaves were still alive, and could describe how they had lived sixty years earlier. through their words we can finally begin to hear about sugar slavery from those who lived it. ellen betts, who grew up as a slave on a sugar plantation in louisiana, recalled that they worked hour in, hour out, the sugar cane fields sure stretch from one end of the earth to the other. ceceil george remembered that she come up in hard times—slavery times. every body worked, young, an ole, if yo could carry two or three sugar cane yo worked. sunday, monday, it all de same... it like a heathen part o de country. she meant that in other states slaves got sunday off to worship god. not in how do the historical details in this passage support the authors claim? the text includes parts of primary - source interviews with enslaved people to illustrate the difficulty of life on a sugar plantation in louisiana. the text includes a secondary source to explain why the enslaved people on sugar plantations worked seven days each week. the text includes primary - source quotations to show that religious beliefs eased the lives of enslaved people on sugar plantations. the text uses secondary sources to describe working conditions in the sugar fields on the plantations across the american south.

Explanation:

The passage includes direct quotes from Ellen Betts and Ceceil George, who were enslaved people. These are primary - source quotations. The quotes describe the harsh working conditions on the sugar plantation, such as working "hour in, hour out" and having no Sunday off (unlike in other states). This shows the difficulty of life on a sugar plantation in Louisiana.

• The first option is correct because it accurately describes the use of primary - source interviews (the quotes from the formerly enslaved people) to illustrate the difficult life on the sugar plantation.
• The second option is incorrect as the text uses primary, not secondary, sources.
• The third option is incorrect because the quotes are about working conditions, not religious beliefs easing lives.
• The fourth option is incorrect as it uses primary, not secondary, sources.

Answer:

The text includes parts of primary - source interviews with enslaved people to illustrate the difficulty of life on a sugar plantation in Louisiana.