Which of the following accurately investigates the reasons why the African slave trade spread to the Caribbeans ? (1 point) The demand to colonize newly conquered lands in Portugal and Britain prompted landowners to purchase enslaved people African slave traders exported enslaved people to the Caribbean in exchange for more fertile plantation land The demand for rice rose during the seventeenth century , which increased the demand of enslaved people. The growing demand for sugar encouraged plantation owners to purchase enslaved people to increase their profits