American colonists began to use African slaves primarily because

Athe papacy created an edict calling for the use of African slaves in

Catholic-controlled lands

Bthe African slaves were more accustomed to agriculture than the

Native Americans

Cthe Native Americans were decimated by European disease, while the

Africans developed immunity

Dthe practice of indentured servitude was outlawed by the pope

Ethe European population was too limited to provide the needed labor