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

Economic demand for sugar led to political pressure to end enslavement.
The growing demand for sugar made the lives of enslaved people even worse.
Turning Africans into objects was important for the sugar industry to succeed.
Monarchies became increasingly strong and popular during the Age of Sugar.

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"Turning Africans into objects was important for the sugar industry to succeed."

This best captures the central claim that the sugar economy depended on the dehumanization and commodification of African people to make the plantations profitable.