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African slavery grew in Latin America primarily due to labor demands in the plantation economies, such as sugarcane, coffee, and tobacco. The indigenous population was decimated by diseases brought by European colonizers, creating a need for alternative labor sources. African slaves were seen as a more reliable and abundant workforce, leading to the growth of the transatlantic slave trade in Latin America.
because the indigenous people were dying of disease and the
Spanish needed people to work on the farm lands.