Question

What was a result of the increased demand for slave labor in the Americas and Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?
A) England and the American colonies outlawed all slave labor by 1850.
B) The price of manufactured goods decreased in Europe and the American colonies.
C) African societies outlawed the slave trade and fought against European slave traders.
D) Many African states grew wealthy by trading slaves to Europeans for tobacco, guns, and alcohol.

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is D

Explanation:

As demands for African slaves increased, especailly in the Americas due to the rise in cotton production, many African states became wealthy. Usually, the slaves that Africans sold were crimanls or people who are in debt...or most of the times just brutually captured and imprisoned. Not only that, selling slaves improved the African economy.