Question 5 • 23.0617055 ECSD GA-Literature and Composition II CR
Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.In 1806, the antislavery forces brought a new bill before Parliament that would limit British involvement in the slave trade. Some of the most powerful testimony in favor of the bill came from former army officers who had been to the Caribbean and had seen the courage of the former slaves and the horrors of slavery. The slaves spoke through the testimony of the very men who had gone to fight them. One member of Parliament told his colleagues of the t
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The authors explain the details of the bill that would limit British involvement in the trading of enslaved people.
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The authors use events from English history to describe the economic impact of involuntary servitude.
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The authors provide a primary-source quotation from a British abolitionist named William Wilberforce.
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The authors summarize a newspaper article about ships in Bristol carrying enslaved people.