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Why did plantation owners want slave labour?

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Correct answer: For cheap and controlled labour

Plantation owners wanted enslaved labour because it supplied a large, controlled workforce at extremely low direct cost to the owners. Colonial plantations commonly produced profitable crops such as sugar, coffee, and indigo, and these crops required strenuous, continuous work. Enslaved people were denied wages, freedom to leave, and bargaining power, allowing owners and merchants to increase profits through coercion. Voting, electing a king, and opening schools were not the economic purposes for which plantation owners used slavery. Therefore, option A is correct. The governing idea is that slavery supported plantation production and commercial profit through forced labour.

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Plantation EconomySlave LabourColonial TradeProfitThe Abolition Of SlaveryThe French RevolutionHistoryClass 9 Mcq

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