They fought over land use and ownership
"The Scopes Trial<span>, formally known as </span>The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes<span> and commonly referred to as the </span>Scopes Monkey Trial<span>, was an American legal case in July 1925 in which a substitute high school teacher, </span>John T. Scopes<span>, was accused of violating </span>Tennessee<span>'s </span>Butler Act<span>, which had made it unlawful to teach </span>human evolution<span> in any state-funded school." wikipedia</span>
Because the only way (back then) to process and make sugar farms was through manual labor. Since the Americans didn't want to put effort onto their own sugar farms, Africans were forced to do the labor part for them.
I think that is false because people didnt want them because then didnt want to be independent