Question

Which quotation states the claim of the passage?

“In order to create sugar, Europeans and colonists in the Americas destroyed Africans.”
“Each needed to vote, to speak out, to challenge the rules of crowned kings and royal princes.”
“Why did people keep speaking of equality while profiting from slaves?”
“The global hunger for slave-grown sugar led directly to the end of slavery.”

Answer 1

“In order to create sugar, Europeans and colonists in the Americas destroyed Africans.”

Reason: that sentence is an explicit, arguable assertion (a claim). The others are either a question, a supporting detail, or a different topic.