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Explanation:
Steinbeck uses the word choice to help add details to his tone of the article. He feels that migrant workers are often overlooked for the work that they do. By adding word choices such as in the text it said ¨Thus, in California we find a curious attitude toward a group that makes our agriculture successful. The migrants are needed, and they are hated¨ and ¨Thousands of them are crossing the borders in ancient rattling automobiles, destitute and hungry and homeless, ready to accept any pay so that they may eat and feed their children¨, Steinbeck is able to convince the reader to feel a certain way about these migrant workers and add to his original point.
Answer: At that date, 293,000 slaves lived in Virginia alone, making up 42 percent of all slaves in the U.S. at the time. South Carolina, North Carolina, and Maryland each had over 100,000 slaves.