Question

Read the passage and study the image from Sugar Changed the World. This excerpt was written by Olaudah Equiano, an enslaved African man who was taken to Barbados. The effect of an author’s choices can change over time. For example, Equiano includes the phrase "poor creatures” to appeal to the reader’s emotions. However, by today’s standards this is considered dehumanizing.

The painstaking work had just one aim: to plant a crop that would end up taking the life of every worker who touched it. As [Olaudah] Equiano explained, the sugar slaves could hardly rest even when their day was done.

Their huts, which ought to be well covered, and the place dry where they take their little repose, are often open sheds, built in damp places; so that when the poor creatures return tired from the toils of the field, they contract many disorders, from being exposed to the damp air in this uncomfortable state.

Slave huts on a Caribbean island. The huts have no doors and are built on sandy, open ground with no trees nearby.

These are what enslaved people’s huts looked like in the Caribbean (photo by V. C. Vulto).

How does the photograph help the reader understand the text?

It shows that plantation workers no longer live the way Equiano describes in the text.
It shows that plantation workers are still living the way Equiano describes in the text.
It shows how enslaved people were exposed to the outside elements and weather.
It shows the difference between plantation owners' and enslaved people’s living conditions.

Answer 1

The photograph corroborates Olaudah Equiano's description of the huts where enslaved people lived, which were exposed to the elements and weather, enhancing the reader's understanding of their living conditions.

Step-by-step explanation:

The photograph supports Olaudah Equiano's description of the living conditions of enslaved people in the Caribbean. It visually reinforces Equiano's narrative by showing the precarious shelters where slaves were forced to live, which were exposed to the elements and weather, corroborating the text's depiction of the damp and uncomfortably open rest areas for the plantation workers. Thus, the photograph helps the reader to better understand and empathize with the harsh realities faced by enslaved individuals on sugar plantations.

Answer 2

Answer: a

Step-by-step explanation:

yes