Explain why enslaving the Indigenous peoples of the

Question

Americas was largely unsuccessful in filling the need of the
plantations. (1 point)
European colonizers’ cruelty, as well as the spread of
disease, meant that many Indigenous people died. As a
result, there were not enough people left for colonizers to
enslave.
Slavery did not exist in the Americas at the time of
European colonization.
European colonizers’ cruelty meant that many people—
Indigenous people as well as colonizers—died. As a
result, there were not enough people left to enslave.
European colonizers were kind to Indigenous peoples. As
a result, the colonizers did not want to enslave Indigenous
peoples

Answer 1

and instead relied on African slaves for their labor needs.