How does the illustration help the reader understand the
text?
Read the passage and study the image from Sugar Changed
the World
Cutting cane was hard work, but it was nothing like what
came next Ples offreshly cut cane had to be fed into the
ever turning mil Wheels, until they were completely crushed.
The owners insisted that during the work hours the grinding
never stop, no matter what. The mills were most often
tended by women who were doing dangerous work while
getting almost no rest That was a very bad combination. An
ex was often propped up near the rollers so if a slave closed
her eyes for a second while pushing the cane, her am could
be hacked off before she was publed through the merciless
grinders. Guests at sugar plantations often remarked on how
many one-armed people they saw
The illustration shows that grinding sugar with mechanical
equipment is inefficient.
The illustration emphasizes why grinding sugar cane into
white sugar is necessary,
The illustration depicts enslaved sugar mill workers as
completely exhausted,
The Lustration depicts the people, equipment, and axen
required to manufacture sugar