Question

read this excerpt from the selection. the author includes this sentence to a show how enslaved africans sought to assimilate into european society. b provide information about the scale of portugals enslavement of africans. c argue that slavery was not something the people of portugal ever supported. d propose a new idea about european countries that enslaved africans. so many african slav portuguese city of lisbon t the early 1500s, people of 10 percent of its populatior

Explanation:

The excerpt gives a specific statistic (10 percent of Lisbon's population were enslaved Africans in the early 1500s), which quantifies the size/scale of enslavement in Portugal, matching option B. Option A is incorrect as the sentence does not address assimilation. Option C is wrong because the statistic does not argue against Portuguese support for slavery. Option D is incorrect as this is a factual detail, not a new proposed idea.

Answer:

B. provide information about the scale of Portugal's enslavement of Africans.