In each case, people go about their business or their play without comprehending, caring much about, or even knowing about another person’s experience of suffering or hope or disaster
In a nutshell, the purpose of the excerpt is to open the eyes of free women to the hard situation of the slave women. Back then, slaves were looked down upon, especially women. The excerpt aims for free women not to look down on slaves but to understand and empathize with them. After all, everyone is human and of the same earth.
The answer is synonym-antonym