Which text evidence best supports the authors' claim and purpose?

Question

"Sugar was the product of the slave and the addiction of the poor factory worker—the meeting place of the barbarism of overseers such as Thomas Thistlewood and the rigid new economy.”
"When we talk about Atlantic slavery, we must describe sugar Hell; and yet that is only part of the story."
"Africans were the true global citizens—adjusting to a new land, a new religion, even to other Africans they would never have met in their homelands."
"And indeed, it was when the enslaved Africans began to speak—in words and in actions—when Europeans began to see them as human, that the Age of Sugar also became the Age of Freedom."

Answer 1

The text evidence that best supports the authors' claim and purpose is:

"And indeed, it was when the enslaved Africans began to speak—in words and in actions—when Europeans began to see them as human, that the Age of Sugar also became the Age of Freedom."

This evidence supports the authors' claim that the history of sugar is interconnected with the history of slavery and the struggle for freedom. The authors' purpose appears to be to demonstrate the significant impact that enslaved Africans had on shaping the sugar industry and their resilience in the face of oppression.