The Europeans in the Caribbean felt the need to bring in enslaved Africans as laborers because the native American Indian workers had become physically weak due to diseases and the Caribbean plantations were in requirement of stronger labor force. The Africans by birth were very strong and they as slaves would perfectly suit the needs of the Caribbean plantations.
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They used irrigation to combat the lack of natural resources :)
It is mainly made of granite
To build middle bases to attack the US