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Which sentence best states the authors' claim in this passage?

Today we have many sources of sugar, but sugarcane is still the best source.
Advances in the production of sweeteners hastened the end of involuntary servitude.
The Age of Science has made the role of modern chemists similar to the former role of slaves.
Brazilians make ethanol from sugarcane because they cannot grow corn successfully.

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"Advances in the production of sweeteners hastened the end of involuntary servitude."

This most directly states the passage’s central claim that technological changes in sweetener production reduced reliance on slave‑work sugarcane plantations and thus helped bring about the end of involuntary servitude.