The detail that serves as evidence that enslaved children were not fed enough is: "...he that was strongest secured the best place; and few left the trough satisfied." This indicates that there was a competition for food and suggests that there was not enough for everyone to be satisfied.
Read this excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
We were not regularly allowanced. Our food was coarse corn meal boiled. This was called MUSH. It was put into a large wooden tray or trough, and set down upon the ground. The children . . . would come and devour the mush; some with oyster-shells, others with pieces of shingle, some with naked hands, and none with spoons. He that ate fastest got most; he that was strongest secured the best place; and few left the trough satisfied.
Which detail from the passage is evidence that enslaved children were not fed enough?
Our food was coarse corn meal boiled.
It was put into a large wooden tray or trough, and set down upon the ground.
…some with oyster-shells, others with pieces of shingle, some with naked hands …
...he that was strongest secured the best place; and few left the trough satisfied.
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