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Explain why enslaving the Indigenous peoples of the Americas was largely unsuccessful in filling the need of the plantations.(1 point)

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Slavery did not exist in the Americas at the time of European colonization.
Slavery did not exist in the Americas at the time of European colonization.

European colonizers’ cruelty, as well as the spread of disease, meant that many Indigenous people died. As a result, there were not enough people left for colonizers to enslave.
European colonizers’ cruelty, as well as the spread of disease, meant that many Indigenous people died. As a result, there were not enough people left for colonizers to enslave.

European colonizers’ cruelty meant that many people—Indigenous people as well as colonizers—died. As a result, there were not enough people left to enslave.
European colonizers’ cruelty meant that many people—Indigenous people as well as colonizers—died. As a result, there were not enough people left to enslave.

European colonizers were kind to Indigenous peoples. As a result, the colonizers did not want to enslave Indigenous peoples.

European colonizers were largely unsuccessful in enslaving Indigenous peoples of the Americas because of their cruelty, the spread of diseases, and the resulting high death toll among Indigenous populations. This meant that there were not enough people left for colonizers to enslave, thus failing to meet the labor needs of the plantations. Additionally, some Europeans may have had moral objections to enslaving Indigenous peoples, further complicating their efforts to fill the labor force through enslavement.

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European colonizers’ cruelty, as well as the spread of disease, meant that many Indigenous people died. As a result, there were not enough people left for colonizers to enslave.