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What created the demand that drove the transatlantic slave trade?

A. Europeans believed they were racially superior to non-white peoples.
B. Europeans wanted enslaved people to help them fight off indigenous peoples in the Americas.
C. Europeans wanted to remove people from Africa to open up new lands.
D. Europeans wanted a reliable source of forced labor in their American colonies.

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Answer: D. Europeans wanted a reliable source of forced labor in their American colonies.

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