Question

use this excerpt from frederick douglasss 1893 speech about haiti to people in chicago to answer the following question:
\until haiti spoke, the slave ship, followed by hungry sharks, greedy to devour the dead and dying slaves flung overboard to feed them, ploughed in peace the south atlantic, painting the sea with the negros blood.\
source: public domain, frederick douglass, lecture on haiti, 1893
which of the following best summarizes frederick douglasss assessment of the haitian revolution as represented above?
it served as a cautionary tale that freedom did not guarantee prosperity.
it ended the slave trade in the atlantic.
it was the first major disruption of the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade.
it was not worth the terrible death toll that it cost.

Explanation:

Douglass's statement emphasizes that before Haiti's action (the Haitian Revolution), the slave trade (with its horrors like slaves being thrown overboard) occurred "in peace." The Haitian Revolution disrupted this. Prosperity isn't mentioned. The slave trade wasn't ended (it continued after Haiti's revolution). And there's no indication Douglass thought the death - toll wasn't worth it.

Answer:

It was the first major disruption of the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade.