Which of the following is not true about the Portuguese slave trade?

A.
It began with Portuguese merchants buying slaves from the king of Benin.

B.
Other peoples along the west coast of Africa began to sell captives to the Portuguese.

C.
The Spanish hired Portuguese merchants to transport African slaves to the New World.

D.
The slave trade accelerated when the Portuguese began growing sugar in Brazil.

E.
The Portuguese continued the trans-Saharan slave trade to the Muslim world.

Question

Which of the following is not true about the Portuguese slave trade?
 
 A.
It began with Portuguese merchants buying slaves from the king of Benin.
 
 B.
Other peoples along the west coast of Africa began to sell captives to the Portuguese.
 
 C.
The Spanish hired Portuguese merchants to transport African slaves to the New World.
 
 D.
The slave trade accelerated when the Portuguese began growing sugar in Brazil.
 
 E.
The Portuguese continued the trans-Saharan slave trade to the Muslim world.

anonymous · Answer

Just a moment.

anonymous · Answer

I'm pretty sure that it's D.  This is because it says that Brazil was the last in the world to abolish slavery. They had 4 million slaves and over half of them were Portuguese.

anonymous · Answer

@Tears1213

anonymous · Answer

here

anonymous · Answer

I'm reading the question. It would be E. 
That's NOT true.

anonymous · Answer

well i read my history book ( i do home schooling ) i wasent really sure so idk i guess ur answer is better than nothing lol