What was the primary reason for the rapid increase in the importation of Africans in sixteenth-century Brazil and the Caribbean?
A) Africans were used as labor in the silver mines.
B) Africans were used as labor for sugar plantations.
C) Africans were used as domestic servants.
D) Africans were used as skilled craftsmen in urban areas.

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Africans were primarily imported to Brazil and the Caribbean in the sixteenth century to work on sugar plantations, where their labor was in high demand due to the labor-intensive nature of sugar cultivation and processing.

What Was the Primary Reason for the Rapid Increase in the Importation