What was the role of port cities in slave trade?

Correct answer: They were centres of overseas trade

The direct answer is A: port cities were centres of overseas trade. A port is a town beside the sea where ships load goods, carry passengers and connect distant regions. In the slave trade, ports such as Nantes and Bordeaux provided ships, merchants, warehouses, credit and routes linking France with Africa and the Americas. Step by step: ships left European ports with goods; they reached African ports and took enslaved people; they then sailed to the Americas and returned with plantation products. Option A is correct because ports organized and supported this ocean trade. Option B is wrong because a port is not simply a field. Option C is unrelated: ports were not women’s clubs. Option D is wrong because a royal court is a place of government, not the main meaning of a commercial port. Exam cue: port means ships, sea routes and overseas exchange.