Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World. Slavery was abolished in the British Empire in 1833, thirty years before the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States. But even after they freed their slaves, the sugar plantation owners were desperate to find cheap labor to cut cane and process sugar. So the British owners looked to another part of the empire—India—and recruited thousands of men and women, who were given five-year contracts and a passage back. For a person from India, going overseas was not a simple matter. Once you crossed the "black water" of the surrounding oceans, you were said to have "gone to tapu." You no longer had any place in your village and could not be accepted back until you went through a special ceremony. Leaving India truly meant giving up your home; yet for some—for my family—that was their only chance for a better life. How do the details in this passage support the author’s purpose?
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The author only purpose was to spread awareness among the people to stand for their own rights by struggling and striving hard for life.
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- In this passage the author is addressing towards the slavery system.
- People worked under this system for years and when this system came to its end the British were not happy and wanted Indians to work under their supervision.
- Therefore they started making contracts of five years which is a very long period. m
- Means once you sign the contract then you have to work and can not leave the contract before its end.
- means eventually you get used to it and can not leave that place once you are in.
The author only purpose was to spread awareness among the people to stand for their own rights by struggling and striving hard for life.
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