Which sentence or sentence fragment from “Of the Isles of St. John and Jamaica” shows that the Indigenous peoples of Hispaniola tried to rebel against Spanish colonizers who forced them into slavery?(1 point)

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“In this Isle, which, as we have said, the Spaniards first attempted, the bloody slaughter and destruction of Men first began: for they violently forced away Women and Children to make them Slaves, and ill-treated them, consuming and wasting their Food.”
“In this Isle, which, as we have said, the Spaniards first attempted, the bloody slaughter and destruction of Men first began: for they violently forced away Women and Children to make them Slaves, and ill-treated them, consuming and wasting their Food.”

“They laid Wagers among themselves, who should with a Sword at one blow cut, or divide a Man in two.”
“They laid Wagers among themselves, who should with a Sword at one blow cut, or divide a Man in two.”

“In the Year 1509, the Spaniards sailed to the Islands

Answer 1

The sentence that shows that the Indigenous peoples of Hispaniola tried to rebel against Spanish colonizers who forced them into slavery is:

“In this Isle, which, as we have said, the Spaniards first attempted, the bloody slaughter and destruction of Men first began: for they violently forced away Women and Children to make them Slaves, and ill-treated them, consuming and wasting their Food.”

This sentence highlights the violent oppression and mistreatment of Indigenous people, which implies their resistance to such conditions.