Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.
Sugar was the connection, the tie, between slavery and freedom. In order to create sugar, Europeans and colonists in the Americas destroyed Africans, turned them into objects. Just at that very same moment, Europeans—at home and across the Atlantic—decided that they could no longer stand being objects themselves. They each needed to vote, to speak out, to challenge the rules of crowned kings and royal princes. How could that be? Why did people keep speaking of equality while profiting from slaves? In fact, the global hunger for slave-grown sugar led directly to the end of slavery. Following the strand of sugar and slavery leads directly into the tumult of the Age of Revolutions. For in North America, then England, France, Haiti, and once again North America, the Age of Sugar brought about the great, final clash between freedom and slavery.
Based on this excerpt, the authors are most likely to attempt to answer which question?
Answers
Economic demand for sugar led to political pressure that helped in ending slavery.
Based on the excerpt provided here, the authors are most likely to answer the following.
Sugar was, no doubt, the main item at that time due to which slavery prospered and in America, the rights of African labourers were trampled upon.
But gradually, around the world awareness spread regarding it and it led to its abolition completely.
Answer:
Political pressure brought about by the economic demand for sugar aided in the abolition of slavery.
Explanation:
The link, the connector, between slavery and freedom was sugar. Africans were obliterated and made into objects by European colonisers in the Americas in order to produce sugar. Europeans made the decision to stop tolerating being objects themselves at that very same time, both within their own countries and across the Atlantic. They everyone had a responsibility to cast a ballot, speak up, and question the authority of princes and crowned monarchs. How is that possible? Why did individuals continue to promote equality while making money off of slaves? Actually, the demand for sugar produced by slaves around the world was what ultimately put an end to slavery. The turmoil of the Age of Revolutions can be entered by following the thread of enslavement and sugar. Because of this, England, France, and Hong
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