Question

Why did Europeans in the Caribbean colonies turn to Africans to replace the native peoples as slaves?
A.
They believed that Africans were physically superior.
B.
The preferred Africans as people, and considered them to be culturally more advanced that the native peoples of the Caribbean.
C.
The native populations of the Caribbean had been decimated by European diseases.
D.
African slaves were less expensive than Caribbean slaves.

Answer 1

C. The native populations of the Caribbean had been decimated by European diseases — along with brutal labor and violence — so colonists turned to the transatlantic slave trade to obtain African labor.