How does the evidence most support the central idea
that Gandhi recognized indentured servants' brutal
treatment?
Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.
Mohandas K. Gandhi (later known as the Mahatma or
Great One) was born in India to a traditional Hindu
family. When he was given the opportunity to study law
in England, he faced the same problem as the
indentured sugar workers: He would lose caste if he
crossed the black water. His family arranged a special
ceremony that allowed him to make the trip without
giving up his place in society. Thus, in 1894, freshly
educated in England, Gandhi made a second journey.
He began practicing law in Natal, a region in what is
now South Africa. He moved there because many
Indians were already in Natal, laboring as indentured
sugar workers
One day, Gandhi later explained, "a man in tattered
clothes, headgear in hand, two front teeth broken and
his mouth bleeding, stood before me trembling and
weeping." The indentured worker, whose name was
The evidence explains that Gandhi would lose caste
if he traveled across the black water.
The evidence indicates that Gandhi wanted to live
where he could interact with sugar workers.
The evidence shows that Gandhi felt sorry for a man
who approached him weeping.
O The evidence details how Gandhi saw a man who
had been beaten and knew that the man could not
leave.