Question

Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.

Answer 1

Answer:

- The kind of sugar easiest to produce from cane is dark

- wanted it to be as pure, sweet, and white as possible

Explanation:

During the sixteenth century, sugar plantation was one of the elements that increased the European slave trade. White sugar was more precious than brown sugar at that time period because it was:

"The kind of sugar easiest to produce from cane is dark"

"wanted it to be as pure, sweet, and white as possible"

Sugar plantations came to prominence with Christopher Columbus' invasion of the Southeastern Asian region. The writings written by Columbus piqued the attention of European settlers, and they moved into Asia and began to occupy the region. Because of the requirement for human labor in its planation, the sweet cane became the cause of an increase in slavery.