Question

sugar was the connection, the tie, between slavery and freedom. in order to create sugar, europeans and colonists in the americas destroyed africans, turned them into objects. just at that very same moment, europeans—at home and across the atlantic—decided that they could no longer stand being objects themselves. they each needed to vote, to speak out, to challenge the rules of crowned kings and royal princes. how could that be? why did people keep speaking of equality while profiting from slaves? in fact, the global hunger for slave - grown sugar led directly to the end of slavery. following the strand of sugar and slavery leads directly into the tumult of the age of revolutions. for in north america, then england, france, haiti, and once again north america, the age of sugar brought about the great, final clash between freedom and slavery. - sugar changed the world, marc aronson and marina budhos
which quotation states the claim of the passage?
o \in order to create sugar, europeans and colonists in the americas destroyed africans.\
o \each needed to vote, to speak out, to challenge the rules of crowned kings and royal princes.\
o \why did people keep speaking of equality while profiting from slaves?\
o \the global hunger for slave - grown sugar led directly to the end of slavery.\

Explanation:

The passage discusses how the global demand for slave - grown sugar was connected to the end of slavery and the Age of Revolutions. The claim is about the link between sugar and the end of slavery. The first option only mentions destruction of Africans for sugar - creation, the second is about challenging royalty and not about sugar - slavery link, the third is a question about the contradiction of equality and slavery - profit. The fourth option clearly states the main idea that the global hunger for slave - grown sugar led to the end of slavery.

Answer:

"The global hunger for slave - grown sugar led directly to the end of slavery."