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."