Question

Which of the following best explains why Europeans began to forcefully enslave Africans rather than Indigenous people?(1 point)

Responses

Indigenous people who had been enslaved often tried to run away or died while enslaved.
Indigenous people who had been enslaved often tried to run away or died while enslaved.

Europeans did not think they could control Indigenous people very well.
Europeans did not think they could control Indigenous people very well.

The Europeans did not successfully conquer the Indigenous people in the Western Hemisphere.
The Europeans did not successfully conquer the Indigenous people in the Western Hemisphere.

Europeans believed that when Indigenous people converted to Christianity, they could no longer be enslaved.

Answer 1

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Europeans began to forcefully enslave Africans rather than Indigenous people because Indigenous people who had been enslaved often tried to run away or died while enslaved, making them less desirable as laborers compared to Africans.