Which excerpt best states the author's claim?
"for an african, whether you were sent to the caribbean
or south america, you were now part of the sugar
machine."
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"you might be part of a group of slaves who drove teams
of oxen to draw plows across the fields."
"on rougher ground, you were sent out to clear a space
five inches deep and five feet square."
"overseers watched closely to make sure of that, beating
slaves who did not carve out at least twenty-eight holes
an hour."