Which Commodity Drove the African Slave Trade in Brazil and the West

question 107

Multiple Choice

Which commodity drove the African slave trade in Brazil and the West Indies during the seventeenth century?

• A) Tobacco.
• B) Indigo.
• C) Silver.
• D) Cotton.
• E) Sugar.

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