The english public, now consuming some eighteen pounds of sugar a year, knew little about the lives of the enslaved africans whose labor sweetened their meals. worse yet, every englishman who hammered the wood, sewed the sails, manufactured the rope for slave ships, or built the barrels to hold slave-harvested sugar made his money from the slave trade. the english were getting richer because africans were being turned into property. clarkson and others who believed as he did, who in the coming decades would be called abolitionists, realized that while that link gave the english a stake in slavery, it also gave the antislavery forces an opportunity. if they could reverse the flow—make the horrors of slavery visible to those who benefited from it—they might be able to end the vile practice forever.

–sugar changed the world,
marc aronson and marina budhos

which quotation provides evidence to support the claim that the sugar trade led to the end of slavery?

“the english public . . knew little about the lives of the enslaved africans whose labor sweetened their meals.”
“every englishman who . . built the barrels to hold slave-harvested sugar made his money from the slave trade.”
“the english were getting richer because africans were being turned into property.”
“while that link gave the english a stake in slavery, it also gave the antislavery forces an opportunity.”

“While that link gave the English a stake in slavery, it also gave the antislavery forces an opportunity.”

The antislavery movement were the ones who ended slavery; they were the ones who convince the general public that slavery was a despicable practice which, in time, lead to the abolition of it.

Let's analyze each quotation:

“The English public . . . knew little about the lives of the enslaved Africans whose labor sweetened their meals.” Even after the general public knew the horrors of slavery, a lot them still support it, so we can rule out this one.

“Every Englishman who . . . built the barrels to hold slave-harvested sugar made his money from the slave trade.” This one is telling us nothing about ending slavery; it is just telling us that some people make money with it.

“The English were getting richer because Africans were being turned into property.” Same argument as before.

“While that link gave the English a stake in slavery, it also gave the antislavery forces an opportunity.” This quotation is telling us that while some people supported slavery, there were also people willing to fight against it. That fight led to the abolition of slavery, and that fight wasn't been possible without the horrors of sugar trading.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

to persuade readers which is answer c