In “Captain Canot, or Twenty Years of an African Slaver,” how does the author develop the central idea that transporting enslaved captives was a trade just like any other? by suggesting that captives led poor lives in Africa

by describing how captives were loaded on the ships

by analyzing the day-to-day activities aboard a slave ship

by explaining how a captive’s condition was assessed

by explaining how a captive’s condition was assessed.

Explanation:

The author developed the central idea that transporting enslaved captives was a trade just like any other in "Captain Canot" or "Twenty Years of an African Slaver" by explaining how a captive’s condition was assessed.

Most trades or all trades have profit as its main driving force, and profit cannot be made if the goods you sell is not good enough, so slave masters had to assess a captive's condition to find out if he was good enough to make a profit or not just like any other trade.

d seems accurate. maybe they wanted to see if anyone would actually like it. people seem to just like any simple thing on social media so it makes sense for an experiment to be conducted just to see if it would actually

sorry if its wrong i tried. i'm also sorry i'm awkward and bad at explaining