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Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.How does the author’s use of the word silence affect the tone?
Silence has a negative connotation, indicating that the mill owners wanted a quiet workplace.
Silence has a positive connotation, indicating that quiet workers are productive workers.
Silence has a negative connotation, indicating that the owners would not tolerate protests.
Silence has a positive connotation, indicating that enslaved people took part in wordless protests.
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Silence has a negative connotation, indicating that the owners would not tolerate protests.
This use of "silence" suggests enforced suppression and creates an oppressive, tense tone—workers were kept from speaking out or resisting.
This use of "silence" suggests enforced suppression and creates an oppressive, tense tone—workers were kept from speaking out or resisting.
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