Question

multiple choice question
early groups of enslaved africans were sent to portuguese islands in the atlantic, where they worked on plantations growing

○ coffee,

○ indigo,

○ cotton,

○ sugarcane.

Explanation:

In the early Atlantic slave trade, Portuguese islands (like Madeira, Cape Verde, etc.) had plantations where enslaved Africans worked. Sugarcane cultivation was a major crop on these plantations, as the climate and colonial agricultural practices favored sugar production. Coffee, indigo, and cotton had different regional or later - period focuses in slave - based agriculture, and sugarcane was the key crop for these early Portuguese Atlantic island plantations with enslaved African labor.

Answer:

D. sugarcane (assuming the options are labeled A - D as coffee (A), indigo (B), cotton (C), sugarcane (D))