Question

Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.
Some of the enslaved took the next step. Running away from the sugar plantations, or attacking them in force, was another kind of statement. When the enslaved Africans could not stand their lives anymore, they risked everything to run or to fight. There was just one way for the owners to silence their workers: by making the price of flight or rebellion too high. Spreading terror was the job of the overseer.
How does the author’s use of the word silence affect the tone?
Silence has a negative connotation, indicating that the mill owners wanted a quiet workplace.
Silence has a positive connotation, indicating that quiet workers are productive workers.
Silence has a negative connotation, indicating that the owners would not tolerate protests.
Silence has a positive connotation, indicating that enslaved people took part in wordless protests.

Answer 1

The correct answer is - Silence has a negative connotation, indicating that the owners would not tolerate protests.

• The author tells us in these lines how some of the slaves tried to take matters into their own hands. In other words, they tried to obtain some of the rights and equality that the law did not grant them.
• Most owners didn't like such acts, because slaves were a source of income.
• The author is telling us they tried to "silence" the slaves. "Silence" in this case means making them powerless to object or in any way change their situation.

Answer 2

Answer:

i belve its C

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