From the Thoughts and Sentiments excerpt, which issue is addressed by the claim that Africans were not entitled to knowledge?

• A. Slavery's brutality in the colonies
• B. Racial prejudice about Africans' intellect
• C. The need for Christian abolition among colonists
• D. The economic exploitation of slave labor

Answer: (B)

This question centers on how Enlightenment-era arguments sometimes rested on racialized assumptions about who could participate in reason and education. The claim that Africans were not entitled to knowledge exposes a prejudice about intellect—the belief that Africans inherently lacked the capacity for knowledge and reason. That kind of claim is used to justify denying education and full human standing to enslaved people, which in turn underpins slavery itself.

So the best choice highlights this racist assumption about intellect, not the brutality of slavery, nor religious arguments for abolition, nor the economic side of the system.