Question

Which evidence best supports the authors' claim and purpose?

"Simple enough; but this trade up and down the Atlantic coast was part of a much larger world system."
"Beekman's trade, for example, could cut out Europe entirely."
"Africans who sold other Africans as slaves insisted on being paid in fabrics from India."
"What could the Europeans use to buy Indian cloth?"

Answer 1

"Africans who sold other Africans as slaves insisted on being paid in fabrics from India."

Reason: This sentence provides concrete, specific evidence of a direct link between Atlantic slave trade participants and Indian goods, showing the trade was part of a wider global network rather than a purely regional system.