Question

the millions of africans taken to work in sugar were not taught to read and write. they were not meant to speak, but to work. olaudah equiano, who lived from approximately 1745 to 1797, later claimed that he was an african taken to barbados to work in sugar. he did learn to write, and recounted his life story in an autobiography. equiano described what it was like to arrive in barbados and to be sold off to the sugar planters: we were conducted immediately to the merchants yard, where we were all pent up together, like so many sheep in a fold.... on a signal given (as the beat of a drum), the buyers which statement best explains how the media supports the text? the image of the author described in the passage emphasizes the humanity and potential of enslaved persons. the image shows the author holding the book he wrote as proof that he knew how to read and write. the image depicts the author at the time of his enslavement at a sugar plantation on barbados. the image helps the reader visualize olaudah equianos physical health, which prevented him from working on a plantation.

Explanation:

The text describes Olaudah Equiano, an enslaved African who learned to write and recounted his life in an autobiography. An image showing him holding the book he wrote would serve as proof of his literacy, which is a key - point in the text.

Answer:

The image shows the author holding the book he wrote as proof that he knew how to read and write.