Question

How does the evidence support the central idea that cane sugar helped lead to the abolition of slavery?
The evidence explains that modern technology triggered the shift from cane sugar to beet sugar.
The evidence reveals that sugar barons in Cuba and Russia freed enslaved people and serfs.
The evidence reveals that the author's family members were hardworking serfs on Russian farms.
The evidence details how the modern technologies were used for large-scale sugar planting.

Answer 1

The evidence that supports the central idea is that sugar barons in Cuba and Russia freed enslaved people and serfs.

Explanation:

• The given question is from an interesting and eye-opening book named "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science". It was written by the famous Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos.  

• The author in this entire book explains how sugar cane nad its manufacturing played a major role in bringing Africans into slavery as well as abolishing it.