Read this excerpt from “Freedom's Plow” by Langston Hughes.Down into the earth went the plowIn the free hands and the slave hands,In indentured hands and adventurous hands,

The excerpt names “free hands,” “slave hands,” “indentured hands,” and “adventurous hands” working the land. By listing people with different statuses and backgrounds, Hughes emphasizes that people from many walks of life contributed to building America. This supports choice B, “People of all social standings contributed to America’s success.”

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