In the Last Half of the Fifteenth Century, Some Forty

question 41

Multiple Choice

In the last half of the fifteenth century, some forty thousand Africans were forced into slavery by Portugal and Spain to  

• A) work on plantations in Africa.
• B) establish plantations in North America.
• C) establish plantations in South America.
• D) help pay for the gold they took.
• E) work on plantations on the Atlantic sugar islands.

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