The Spanish turned to the use of Africans for labor on New World plantations because:
A) slave labor was cheaper than Indian labor.
B) labor-intensive rice production increased.
C) Africans resisted less than natives.
D) native populations had declined too rapidly to provided needed labor.
Answer: D
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