Read the passage from sugar changed the world.
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.

which sentence best states the authors claim in this
passage?

a. economic demand for sugar led to political pres
end enslavement.
b. the growing demand for sugar made the lives
enslaved people even worse.
c. turning africans into objects was important for
industry to succeed.
d. monarchies became increasingly strong and popular
during the age of sugar.
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