Question

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

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

Answer 1

B

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

B.

Step-by-step explanation:

Its estimated 95% of the natives died because of Euro. diseases; they had to compensate for their lost workforce