Why were Africans sought for plantation labor in the Americas?
a. There was no other labor supply available in the Americas.
b. Native Americans refused to perform the labor and were few in numbers.
c. Africans rapidly expanded their population in the Latin American colonies.
d. Sugar was a crop native to Africa and exported to the Americas from there.
e. West Africans were already familiar with metallurgy, herding, and intensive agriculture whereas Indians were not.
Answer: E