Read the passage from sugar changed the world.
what is the authors' claim in this passage?
a fire was lit in a giant iron cauldron, and the certificates of
2.300 indians were tossed into the flames—the first major
act of satyagraha. "i am not property," the indians were
showing. "i am not your victim," they were demonstrating. "i
have the power of my conscience," they were proving. the
quiet strength of the indian community shook the south
african government. and by june 1914 it gave in the black
act was taken off the books. the indians had insisted that
they were not mere workers but were citizens and finally
the government could not resist.
© the indians' demonstration and act of resistance was a
successful strategy to change laws.
south african leaders repealed the black act because
they agreed with the indians.
the indians tossed their certificates into a cauldron to
hide their legal status as property.
o satyagraha had more powerful political influence over
laws than the government did.