PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A? A
“Most found jobs as farm laborers – doing essentially the same work they had done as slaves, but now for a meager wage.” ( Paragraph 2)
B
“The governments of southern states ignored the hardships of the African American community and continued to care mainly about white citizens.” ( Paragraph 2)
C
“in the early 1900s African Americans began moving north where they could find better paid jobs working in city factories instead of on farms.” ( Paragraph 3)
D
“These immigrants, often former slaves as well, also faced discrimination and oppression in their home countries.” ( Paragraph 3)

The answer to part A is: The enslavement of Africans by Europeans was a brutal practice that would have lasting effects on America.