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What caused Portuguese and Spanish colonists in the New World to begin to use enslaved Africans rather than indigenous people in the sugar cane fields?


Native populations were dying from diseases.

Africans could be bought cheaply.

Africans could handle the climate.

Africa was close to the New World.

Native people converted to Christianity. FASTTTTTTTTTTT

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Answer:

Native populations were dying from diseases.

Africans could be bought cheaply.

Africans could handle the climate.

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Answer:

Africans could be bought cheaply.

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Native populations were dying from diseases.

hope it helps you

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