Which pair correctly shows the clash between economic interest and moral ideal linked with slavery?

Correct answer: Commercial profit and human freedom

The direct answer is A: commercial profit clashed with human freedom. Slavery allowed plantation owners, merchants and other participants to gain wealth, but it did so by denying enslaved people liberty, bodily security, family rights and human dignity. The reasoning is: economic interest seeks production and profit; the moral ideal says every human being deserves freedom; slavery tried to combine profit with ownership of people, so the two principles fundamentally conflicted. Option A is correct because it names both sides of the contradiction. Option B is wrong because the king’s crown and Tennis Court are symbols or events of the French Revolution, not the central economic-moral conflict of slavery. Option C is wrong because convent education and the colour of the Bastille are not the relevant pair. Option D is wrong because women’s clubs and church tax concern other revolutionary issues. Memory cue: slavery question means profit versus freedom.