Multiple choice

Which of the following became the greatest magnet for slavery in the New World?

  1. Cotton Fields of Southern English colonies

  2. Tobacco fields of Virginia and North Carolina

  3. Sugar Plantations of Brazil and the Caribbean Islands

  4. Textile Mills of New England colonies
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The vast majority of enslaved Africans brought to the New World were forced to work on sugar plantations in Brazil and the Caribbean, where the labor-intensive nature of sugar production drove the demand for slaves.

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