Question

Read the passage and answer the question that follows: Many slaves preferred not to escape their horrible lives on plantations because their families were often with them. Despite the fact that slaves had no rights, they often found ways to sabotage the plantations on which they lived. Slaves would pretend to be ill so they would not have to work. They would also create trouble by breaking tools such as plows, which were needed for work. Mothers would work fewer hours to care for their children, so women gave birth to many children. The Br'er Rabbit stories illustrate this tricky ingenuity. Choose the sentence that corrects a historical inaccuracy in the passage. Many slaves ran away rather than endure the difficult conditions on the plantations. Men, women, and children alike had to work long days on the plantations. Slaves had limited rights under the law, which allowed them to recuperate when ill. The Br'er Rabbit stories illustrate good behavior, teaching slaves how to work well.

Answer 1

Men, women, and children alike had to work long days on the plantations.

Step-by-step explanation:

Slave masters didn't have sympathy for mothers. Children were often taken from their mothers and sold. Everyone worked the same kind of hours no matter what.

Answer 2

The correct answer is C. Men, women, and children alike had to work long days on the plantations.

Step-by-step explanation:

In writing, historical inaccuracies occur when the information included describes a fact or event from the past but this is not correct or exact, which means events from the past are not being reported as they occurred. In the case of the excerpt presented that describes the conditions of slaves and the way they avoided to work there is historical inaccuracy in "Mothers would work fewer hours to care for their children, so women gave birth to many children" because even though women gave birth to many children they did not have to work less because of this. Indeed in plantations slaves including women, men and children work for more than 10 hours and in some cases even 16 hours a day. Considering this, the sentence that would correct the historical inaccuracy previously mentioned is "Men, women, and children alike had to work long days on the plantations".