fortas uses the word "divorced" in the third sentence what two things does he see as divorced from one another

the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle is the lithosphere.     answer   crust and outer part of the mantle.

the excerpt from the passage that best states the author's claim is: "why did people keep speaking of equality while profiting from slaves? "

when pierre lemerre the younger said in 1716 that all men were equal, slavery was reaching its crudest peak and either eastern europeans and africans were treated as objects from which powerful landlords could profit.