Which statement summarizes how Portuguese traders amplified the slave trade?(1 point)

Responses

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

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 bought many enslaved people for export to Europe.
Portuguese traders bought many enslaved people for export to Europe.

Portuguese traders introduced slavery to Africa.

1 answer

The statement that best summarizes how Portuguese traders amplified the slave trade is:

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

This reflects the role of Portuguese traders in facilitating and expanding the transatlantic slave trade through established trading posts and supply routes.