Which of the following would best support the author’s assertion that Western European capitalists were responsible for African underdevelopment?

(A) The aggressive expansion of the slave trade to provide labor for Caribbean sugar plantations (B) The continuous sale of African slaves by Arabian merchants into the Mediterranean market (C) The establishment of Cape Colony by the Dutch East India Company (D) The growth of trade links between Europe and EthiopiaExplanation: Here, you should be looking for an answer choice that has to do with the slave trade, a root cause of Africa’s underdevelopment. Eliminate (B), as it does not deal with Western European exploitation of the slave trade. Eliminate (C) because it is not necessarily a byproduct of the slave trade. Choice (D) is too limited, so eliminate it. The best answer here is (A).