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How did the trans-Atlantic slave trade benefit European plantation owners in the West Indies?

A)It allowed them to grow and produce goods more cheaply.
B) It provided them with guns and ammunition for defending their plantations.
C) It provided them with goods from Europe unavailable in the Americas.
D) It allowed them to sell enslaved persons to landowners in the Middle East.

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A. It allowed them to grow and produce goods more cheaply.

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