What major role did West Africans play in the European settlement of the Americas?

a. They supplied the labor needed to cultivate cash crops.
b. They supplied the firearms needed to control rebellious Native Americans.
c. They taught Europeans methods for farming tobacco.
d. They were the largest consumer of American products.


Ans: a. They supplied the labor needed to cultivate cash crops.

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