Some historians are convinced that the expansion of slavery was linked to profits planters made from growing cash crops, such as tobacco, rice, indigo, and sugar by the 18th century, the sugar islands from the Caribbean served as a major market place, for, in slaved people, the sugar crop and enslaved harvesting the crops were a major income source of plantation owners in the Caribbean
Which of the following accurately investigates the reason why African slaves trade spread to the Caribbean’s?
The reason why the African slave trade spread to the Caribbean was primarily due to the demand for labor in the sugar industry. Plantation owners in the Caribbean needed a large workforce to cultivate and harvest sugar cane, which was a highly profitable cash crop. The native populations were not sufficient for this labor-intensive work, and as a result, plantation owners turned to the African slave trade to meet their labor needs. African slaves were forcibly brought to the Caribbean to work on sugar plantations, contributing to the expansion of the slave trade in the region.
