Question

read the passage from sugar changed the world. in the age of sugar, europeans brought a product home thousands of miles away that was less expensive than the honey from down the road. that was possible only because sugar set people in motion all across the world - millions of them as slaves, in chains; a few in search of their fortunes. a perfect taste made possible by the most brutal labor: that is the dark story of sugar. what is the purpose of this passage? select one option. to mark important events in the history of sugar to show how the desire for sugar led to slavery to compare the labor used for sugar with that used in other industries to explain that the reason for sugars low price was slavery to explain how honey led to the discovery of sugar

Explanation:

The passage focuses on the dark side of sugar - how its trade was enabled by brutal labor including slavery, highlighting the negative history associated with sugar. It aims to reveal that the success of sugar came at a great human cost.

Answer:

To reveal that the success of sugar came at a great human cost.