Which of the Following Was the Most Important Reason for the Massive

question 22

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was the most important reason for the massive growth of the African slave trade in the sixteenth century?

• A) the need to supply the mines of Peru with an abundant labor force
• B) the desire to develop the tobacco plantations of the New World
• C) intense labor needs created by the development of sugar growing in the New World
• D) the enormous growth in the African birth rate
• E) the European ability to obtain slaves in many West African areas

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