What was one main reason why slave trading greatly expanded beginning around the 1500s? (1 point) Responses Africans gave up trying to resist capture by European slave traders. Africans gave up trying to resist capture by European slave traders. Europeans started depending on slaves for free labor in new colonies. Europeans started depending on slaves for free labor in new colonies. Europeans needed more slaves in their countries to manage the arrival of new colonial goods. Europeans needed more slaves in their countries to manage the arrival of new colonial goods. Arab merchants expanded the slave trade into South and East Asia.

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The main reason why slave trading greatly expanded beginning around the 1500s was that Europeans started depending on slaves for free labor in new colonies.