What is an inference? 1. a statement that is known to be true
2. a supporting detail found in a paragraph
3. a guess based on stated details
4. a statement telling the opinion of the author

if this is referring to star wars, han shot first.

the excerpt from the passage that best states the author's claim is: "why did people keep speaking of equality while profiting from slaves? "

when pierre lemerre the younger said in 1716 that all men were equal, slavery was reaching its crudest peak and either eastern europeans and africans were treated as objects from which powerful landlords could profit.