TIMED Which question does this passage answer most effectively?
Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.
In the sugar colonies, the wounds of slavery were never
far beneath the surface. The Africans who had worked in
sugar quickly left the plantations and tried to farm or
moved to nearby towns. As one planter said, it made no
sense to believe that "the Negro would become a
grateful and cheerful free laborer on the soil which had
been watered by his tears in slavery." But what could the
former slaves do? Every Indian who accepted the paltry
wages specified in the indenture contract lowered the
price an African could charge for his labor.
O Why did Indians come to work on the plantations?
O Why did Africans leave the plantations to farm
elsewhere?
O Why did the Indians accept low wages for work on
plantations?
O Why did indenture contracts include low wages for
Africans?

Why did Africans leave the plantations to farm

elsewhere?

Explanation:

B

Explanation:

Why did Africans leave the plantations to farm elsewhere?

i don't really know the circumstances. i personally think not due to it not being fair for all parties and how hated i'd become if i thought it was a good thing.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”