Question

Which line from the passage best provides evidence to support the claim that sugar was more of "a killer” in Louisiana than in the Caribbean?

"In every single American slave state, the population of enslaved people kept rising. . . ."
". . . enough enslaved children were born, lived, and grew to become adults."
“Not only did the slave states need to harvest the cane in perfect rhythm with the grinding mills. . . .”
"People needed to work faster than the weather. . . ."

Answer 1

"People needed to work faster than the weather. . . ."

This line shows the extreme, urgent conditions (rushing work to beat weather) that made sugar production especially deadly in Louisiana, supporting the claim that sugar was more of "a killer" there.