One of the reasons was the blocked transportation routes, another was they were giving so many materials to the army to win they put aside their other business to focus on that
Yes because the regional disparities refers to that
1.Source: Excerpt from Olaudah Equiano’s “the interesting narrative of the life Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavas Vaasa, The African
2. This is a first hand account of a persons experience as a slave so it is a primary source, making it reliable
3. They did not come by choice, they were sold and forced to come to America on a slave ship
