What Event in 1540 Stimulated the Importation of African Slaves

question 28

Multiple Choice

What event in 1540 stimulated the importation of African slaves into Brazil?

• A)a smallpox epidemic which wiped out much of the Indian population
• B)the merging of the Portuguese and Spanish crowns
• C)the introduction of sugar cultivation
• D)the Portuguese acquisition of a monopoly over slaves exported from the Kongo

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