How is the text structured in this passage from the prologue? It has a chronological structure because it connects major events in the production of sugar in the British Empire. It has a cause-and-effect structure because it shows what led to the abolishment of involuntary servitude in the British Empire. It has a problem-and-solution structure because it shows how the nations of the world solved issues related to slavery. It has a compare-and-contrast structure because it describes how working on sugar plantations is similar to and different from working in factories.