Read the passage and study the image from sugar
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how does the illustration the reader understand the
text?
cutting cane was hard work, but it was nothing like what
came next: piles of freshly cut cane had to be fed into the
ever-turning mill wheels, until they were completely
crushed. the owners insisted that during the work hours
the grinding never stop, no matter what. the mills were
most often tended by women who were doing dangerous
work while getting almost no rest. that was a very bad
combination. an ax was often propped up near the rollers
so if a slave closed her eyes for a second while pushing
the cane, her arm could be hacked off before she was
pulled through the merciless grinders. guests at sugar
plantations often remarked on how many one-armed
people they saw
the illustration shows that grinding sugar with
mechanical equipment is inefficient
the illustration emphasizes why grinding sugar cane
into white sugar is necessary.
the illustration depicts enslaved sugar mill workers as
completely exhausted
the illustration depicts the people, equipment, and
oxen required to manufacture sugar.
day after day week after week, month after month, the
cane was cut hauled to the mill, and fed through the
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