Why were enslaved people sold to plantation owners?
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Correct answer: To force them to work on plantations
Plantation owners required large amounts of cheap forced labour to produce cash crops such as sugar, coffee and tobacco. Therefore, people captured from Africa were enslaved and sold to plantation owners. They were not sold to become royal advisers or law-makers. Exam tip: Connect the slave trade with plantation cash-crop production and forced labour.
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To force them to work on plantations
Why is this the correct answer?
Plantation owners required large amounts of cheap forced labour to produce cash crops such as sugar, coffee and tobacco. Therefore, people captured from Africa were enslaved and sold to plantation owners. They were not sold to become royal advisers or law-makers. Exam tip: Connect the slave trade with plantation cash-crop production and forced labour.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 9 History question. Chapter: The French Revolution. Topic: The Abolition of Slavery.
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