Question

Which of the following best explains why Europeans began to forcefully enslave Africans rather than Indigenous people?(1 point)
Responses

Europeans believed that when Indigenous people converted to Christianity, they could no longer be enslaved.
Europeans believed that when Indigenous people converted to Christianity, they could no longer be enslaved.

Europeans did not think they could control Indigenous people very well.
Europeans did not think they could control Indigenous people very well.

The Europeans did not successfully conquer the Indigenous people in the Western Hemisphere.
The Europeans did not successfully conquer the Indigenous people in the Western Hemisphere.

Indigenous people who had been enslaved often tried to run away or died while enslaved.

Answer 1

Indigenous people who had been enslaved often tried to run away or died while enslaved.

Explanation: European contact brought diseases that killed large numbers of Indigenous people, and those who were enslaved could often escape or blend into nearby communities. Africans were seen as more resistant to Old World diseases, had experience with plantation agriculture, and were farther from home (harder to return/escape), so Europeans turned to forced African slavery.