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Which statement summarizes how Portuguese traders amplified the slave trade?(1 point)
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Portuguese traders bought many enslaved people for export to Europe.
Portuguese traders bought many enslaved people for export to Europe.

Portuguese traders engaged in mass kidnapping of the locals to sell into slavery.
Portuguese traders engaged in mass kidnapping of the locals to sell into slavery.

Portuguese traders introduced slavery to Africa.
Portuguese traders introduced slavery to Africa.

Portuguese traders created entrepôts from which large numbers could be shipped overseas to meet the growing demand for forced labor on colonial plantations.

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Portuguese traders created entrepôts from which large numbers could be shipped overseas to meet the growing demand for forced labor on colonial plantations.

Explanation: they established coastal trading posts (forts/ports) to collect, hold, and ship enslaved people in large numbers, rather than introducing slavery to Africa or solely kidnapping locals for local markets.