What is the central idea of the text? A Europeans were the first people to trade and sell others through
the Atlantic slave trade.
B Europeans tricked Africans to come willingly to America by
promising them payment for their work.
C The enslavement of people in America was an illegal practice and
was not allowed to continue for long,
D The enslavement of Africans by Europeans was a brutal practice
that would have lasting effects on America.