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Question 3 • World History, Culture, and Geography

Why did Europeans enslave Africans for labor in the Americas?

Answer
A
There weren’t enough criminals and captives to do the work.
B
They had already exploited and decimated Indigenous populations in the Americas.
C
Indigenous people demanded to be paid for labor, so enslavers captured Africans instead.
D
Enslavers were afraid to enslave Indigenous people because they were outnumbered by them.
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