Social Studies

Liberty Hammond

15 February, 05:33

Which excerpt from the passage best states the authors'

claim?

O "Slave owners fought back, arguing that owners should

be able to list their slaves as property ... "

O "All men are equal,' he insisted in 1716-exactly sixty

years before the Declaration of Independence."

O "Why did people keep speaking of equality while

profiting from slaves?"

"Following the strand of sugar and slavery leads directly

into the tumult of the Age of Revolutions."