Native Americans Were Not Widely Used as Slaves on Sugar

question 85

Multiple Choice

Native Americans were not widely used as slaves on sugar plantations because

• A) the Church condemned slavery as immoral.
• B) they couldn't learn European languages.
• C) their populations were too small due to European diseases.
• D) they were lazy and shiftless and refused to work.
• E) they fought back too well and too often to be profitable.

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