Why did Europeans in the Caribbean colonies turn to Africans to replace the native peoples as slaves?

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Glen Thomas · Answer 1 · 2021-08-27T15:03:57+0000

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epidemic diseases reduced the native population by 50 to 90 percent, the labor supply was insufficient. Africans were experienced in intensive agriculture and raising livestock and knew how to raise crops like rice that Europeans were unfamiliar with.

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