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Europeans turned to Africa as a source of enslaved persons because

A. There weren't enough criminals and captives to do the work
B. Groups of American Indians were exploited and decimated
C. Only Africans were capable of doing the backbreaking work
D. Only Africa could provide the number of workers needed

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B..........................
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User Fluffysheap
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Answer:

B. Groups of American Indians were exploited and decimated

Step-by-step explanation:

When Europeans came to America they were engaged in many wars against the natives here, this meant they killed and exploited many of them, when they needed workers to exploit the natural resources there were non left, this meant that they had to turn to Africa to trade slaves and bring them to America to do the work for them.

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