Which excerpt from the passage best states the
authors' claim?
"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."