Which statement best explains how the evidence
supports the central idea that working conditions were
similar to slavery?
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The evidence explains that Indian laborers worked
in both fields and factories.
The evidence indicates that Indian laborers had
contracts and were paid for their work.
Read the passage, then answer the question that
follows.
As ever, sugar work was brutally hard. The workers woke
early, and for the first few months they were seasoned"
learning the numbing work of hoeing or weeding or
loading the barges with cut cane. After they were broken
in, they might take on other tasks or, if they were lucky,
get a place at the factory. The Indians' contracts called for
seven hours' work for about twenty-four cents a day.
During the first few months, though, eight cents a week
was deducted for food rations. And no matter what the
words said on a piece of paper, sugar workers did not
work just seven hours. More often than not, they labored
as long as there was light, in the broiling heat. And
though they might not be shackled or whipped like slaves,
their lives were completely controlled by the terrifying
overseers.
-Sugar Changed the World,
Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos
The evidence shows that Indian laborers found the
work very challenging and often quit.
The evidence details hard work and the Indian
laborers' lack of control over their lives.