Question

Why did Spanish plantation owners in the West Indies begin using enslaved Africans instead of enslaved natives?

≡ Plantation owners could trade food and clothing for enslaved people
European diseases had killed much of the native workforce
Plantation owners wanted to help enslaved Africans pay their debts
Africans would only sell enslaved people to plantation owners

Answer 1

European diseases had killed much of the native workforce

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