Question

since the portuguese and spaniards pay so much for a negro, they go out to hunt one another without the pretext of a war, as if they were deer; even the very ethiopians, who are different, being induced to do so by the profit derived... they embark four and five hundred of them in a boat which, sometimes, is not a cargo - boat. the very stench is enough to kill most of them, and, indeed, very many die. the wonder is that twenty percent of them are not lost. - source: fray tomas de mercado, spanish dominican friar, 1587 the excerpt is best understood as a response to which of the following historical developments? choose 1 answer: a the encomienda system b the pueblo revolt c the atlantic slave trade d the consumer revolution

Explanation:

The excerpt describes the hunting of Negroes for profit and their transportation in over - crowded and unsanitary boats, which are key aspects of the Atlantic slave trade. The encomienda system was about forced labor of indigenous people in the Americas, the Pueblo Revolt was a Native American uprising against Spanish rule, and the consumer revolution was about changes in consumption patterns. None of these match the description as well as the Atlantic slave trade.

Answer:

C. the Atlantic slave trade