Question

Which of the following was not one of the three trends that led to the presence of African slaves in the Americas?

a) The Iberian discovery of the Americas as an accidental by-product of Iberian overseas trade.

b) The demand for African slaves in the Caribbean wake of native demographic collapse in the sixteenth century.

c) The belief from Catholic Church leadership, particularly from the Pope, that it was God's will to enslave Africans and use them for labor purposes.

d) The existence of the slave trade in Africa and Iberian entry in the fifteenth century

Answer 1

C,

Explanation:c) The belief from Catholic Church leadership, particularly from the Pope, that it was God's will to enslave Africans and use them for labor purposes.

While the Catholic Church did play a role in the broader cultural and religious contexts of the period, there's no historical consensus or proof that the Pope or the Catholic Church leadership explicitly stated that it was God's will to enslave Africans, especially since it mainly came from the spanish