Which excerpt from the passage best states the authors' claim?
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"Slave owners fought back, arguing that owners should
be able to list their slaves as property...
"All men are equal,' he insisted in 1716—exactly sixty
years before the Declaration of Independence."
"Why did people keep speaking of equality while
profiting from slaves?"
"Following the strand of sugar and slavery leads directly
into the tumult of the Age of Revolutions."