Question

Consider the following statements and identify the correct response from the options given thereafter:
a. The colonies in the Caribbean were important suppliers of tobacco, indigo, sugar and coffee.
b. The slave trade began in the ${15}^{th}$ century.
c. French port cities like Bordeaux and Nantes owed their economic prosperity to the flourishing slave trade.
d. Slavery was finally abolished in the French colonies in 1848.

• A. a, c, d
• B. a, b, d
• C. b, d, d
• D. b, c, a

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

a, c, d

Among the given options correct statements include:

• French merchants bought slaves from Africa and sent them to Caribbea and were important suppliers of tobacco, indigo, sugar and coffee.
  
• French port cities like Bordeaux and Nantes prospered economically through slave trade.
  
• Slavery was finally abolished in the French colonies in 1848.