The answer is the first one
The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "D Africans were generally able to hide from or defend themselves against Europeans." Europeans generally buy slaves from slave traders rather than capturing the slaves themselves because D Africans were generally able to hide from or defend themselves against Europeans.<span>
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My guess is a internationalist. and they are writing about the american culture from a different POV. And New York or Britain.
Umm give us some options to decide from?
