All of the Following Describe the Historical Development of Sugar

question 8

Multiple Choice

All of the following describe the historical development of sugar within the Latin American system of slavery EXCEPT:

• A) Its output doubled at the beginning of the 1800s.
• B) Slaves were indispensable to the growth of sugar in the Caribbean and Brazil.
• C) Sugar was to Latin America what cotton was to the American South.
• D) European demand for sugar declined over time before 1860.

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