While the rising demand for slaves in the Chesapeake played some role in the growth of the Atlantic slave trade between the mid-1500s and the late 1800s, it was the spread of plantation economies in other places that spurred and sustained the traffic in human beings. Which were these other places?
A. the Middle East and North Africa
B. the Caribbean and South America
C. South Africa and India
D. British North America
Answer: B
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