Answer:
Closer
Explanation:
This is due to warmer climates that are closer to the equator and therefore having a higher likely hood of there being more swamps closer to the equator.
The answer you are looking for is:
Simile, metaphor, hyperbole, and also personification but thats not up there.
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A.) The white "Christian" slavers were brutal and barbaric.