(D) says, "Few of them relied on intermediaries to manage their estates."
Support for (D) is found at the very end of the second paragraph in lines 37-39, where it says, "while most southern planters lived on their land and interacted with slaves on a regular basis." From this, we can infer that these southern planters didn't generally rely on intermediaries to manage their estates, so (D) is the correct answer choice.
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hfatima1May 7, 2020
@Ravi, hey!! I understand why D would be the right answer, but B is also supported by the passage and according to the passage, it is also true that "only 2 percent of slaves worked on plantations where more than a hundred slaves worked" line 26-27. Is B wrong because of the quantifier few?
CoriMay 9, 2020
I also had the same question about B? Thank you
hfatima1May 22, 2020
can someone answer my question please?
hfatima1August 4, 2020
left a question in May and no answer, commenting to bump this again.
Brett-LindsayAugust 12, 2020
I think you're right about the quantifer "few" - if 2% worked on plantations with over 100 slaves, then 98% worked on smaller plantations, which would mean that MOST plantation owners had smaller plantations. That directly contradicts (B).
husky07September 7, 2020
Please answer this question, i got B as the correct answer as well. Im big sad right now because i thought i was right.
