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Why did early Spanish and Portuguese settlers force African people to work as slaves in Latin America?
A.
They needed labor to help them mine for coal.
B.
They needed labor to help them mine for gold.
C.
They needed labor for cotton and tobacco plantations.
D.
They needed labor for sugarcane and coffee plantations.
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Early colonists needed large numbers of laborers for plantation agriculture—especially sugar (and later coffee) plantations—so they turned to the transatlantic African slave trade after indigenous populations were devastated and insufficient.
Early colonists needed large numbers of laborers for plantation agriculture—especially sugar (and later coffee) plantations—so they turned to the transatlantic African slave trade after indigenous populations were devastated and insufficient.
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