What was the primary role enslaved Africans played in the American colonies?• They worked as indentured servants in New England.• They worked as gardeners and coachmen.• They worked in the southern factories.• They worked as agricultural laborers.

The primary role enslaved Africans played in the American colonies was as agricultural laborers. They were predominantly used in the Southern colonies to cultivate cash crops such as tobacco, rice, and indigo, and later cotton. Their labor was essential to the plantation economy that developed in that region.