Which best describes the reasons for the enslavement of Africans in the New World? In the wake of the deaths of indigenous Americans from European- conveyed microbes from which they had no immunity, the Spanish colonists turned to importing Africans. A racist and gross misinterpretation of this event posited that most Indians could not be enslaved because of their love for freedom, while Africans were used to having their labor controlled by "big men" in Africa. O A. Spanish colonizers had died from disease O B. The Spanish began to import Africans after the indigenous population had been killed by disease C. Africans desired natural materials from South America and sold enslaved people to buy com, squash, and potatoes from the Spanish. D. African tribal kings wanted to establish plantations in the New World