European conquerors primarily met their need for labor on sugar plantations by bringing enslaved Africans to the Americas. This was due to the high demand for labor to cultivate and harvest sugar, which was labor-intensive work that the existing populations, including Native Americans, could not fulfill at the required scale, either due to decline from disease or resistance to working in such oppressive conditions. Enslaved Africans were forcibly transported through the transatlantic slave trade to meet the labor demands of the sugar industry.
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How did European conquerors meet their need for labor on sugar plantations?
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They hired the unemployed population of Europe.
They hired the unemployed population of Europe.
They bought new machines that did much of the work.
They bought new machines that did much of the work.
They paid Native Americans to do the work.
They paid Native Americans to do the work.
They brought enslaved Africans to the Americas.
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