African entrepreneurs financed slave raids because

Select one:

a. it enhanced the prestige they enjoyed in their home state.

b. they made a greater profit selling slaves than using the labor in the domestic economy.

c. it was inexpensive and open to anyone with some capital.

d. they viewed the rural people as hopelessly inferior.

e. they had no regard for human liberty.

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Chace Melendez

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8 September, 22:46

African entrepreneurs financed slave raids because

Select one:

a. it enhanced the prestige they enjoyed in their home state.

b. they made a greater profit selling slaves than using the labor in the domestic economy.

c. it was inexpensive and open to anyone with some capital.

d. they viewed the rural people as hopelessly inferior.

e. they had no regard for human liberty.

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Barrett Dawson · Answer 1

Answer: b. they made a greater profit selling slaves than using the labor in the domestic economy.

Explanation:

Slave trade is a business of acquiring, transporting, and selling humans as slaves. This is common among black Africans selling war captives to the Americans in exchange for a price. The price is usually in the form of commodity which is safe to

that slave trade is an example of barter trade. Slave trade was prodominant in Africa between the 16th and 19th century. The elite in the African countries sells their war captives to the Americans at a very ridiculous exchange if human (slaves) for mirror.