Read the two passages from Sugar Changed the World
The abolitionists were brilliant. They created the most
effective public relations campaign in history, inventing
techniques that we use to this day. When he spoke,
Clarkson brandished whips and handcuffs used on
slaves; he published testimonials from sailors and ship
doctors who described the atrocities and punishments
on slave ships. When Olaudah Equiano published his
memoir, he educated his readers about the horrors of
the slave trade. And then, when the English began to
understand what slavery really was, Clarkson and
others organized what we would call a boycott of "the
blood-sweetened beverage."
Slave labor was valuable because it produced cheap
sugar that everyone wanted to buy. But if people
stopped buying that sugar, the whole slave system
Which claim do both passages support?
Abolitionists used powerful speeches and
presentations to engage people and persuade them
to join the abolitionists' cause.
O People objected to the cruelty of involuntary
servitude, but King George III had economic
reasons for ending the trading of enslaved people.
Most people in England did not care whether
thousands of enslaved people suffered as long as
sugar remained plentiful.
The abolitionists' tremendous efforts showed that
making moral arguments to support political
movements were not successful.
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