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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.