Question

How do the authors use historical evidence to support their claim in this passage?

They use primary-source quotations to show that enslaved people in Saint Domingue were willing to destroy property to gain their freedom.
They use secondary-source quotations to show the plan that the commanders devised in Alligator Woods in August of 1791.
They use primary-source information to describe the role of commanders on sugar plantations in Saint Domingue.
They use secondary-source information to describe Toussaint’s plan to enslave all the people working on the sugar plantations.

Answer 1

They use primary-source quotations to show that enslaved people in Saint Domingue were willing to destroy property to gain their freedom.

(Choices 2–4 are incorrect: 2 misidentifies the source type and focus, 3 is unlikely given the wording, and 4 is historically inaccurate about Toussaint’s aims.)