Why did the African slave trade begin?
A) African rulers wanted to sell slaves to the Chinese.
B) It was an attempt to fill a labor shortage in the Mediterranean world.
C) Europeans wanted new workers to drive down wages in the colonies.
D) European elites valued African culture and viewed Africans as equals.
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