Answer: "And indeed, it was when the enslaved Africans began to speak—in words and in actions—when Europeans began to see them as human, that the Age of Sugar also became the Age of Freedom."
The main idea of the passage is that the Age of Sugar is a particular time period that represents a transition. It is a moment of change between traditional, local ways of living to the age of the great revolutions and the rise of modern ideas. At the center of all this, was the African slave who produced the sugar.
Option D summarizes this position by highlighting how the actions of the slaves contributed to the Age of Freedom.
The correct answer is D) And indeed, it was when the enslaved Africans began to speak- in words and in actions- when Europeans began to see them as human, that the Age of Sugar also became the Age of Freedom.
The author wishes to explain how much Africans were involved in the making of sugar and how this industry's success led to much of the globalization we know today even when it was at the expense of slaves and the old ways. Keeping this in mind, the phrase that best includes all of this is D).
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