Which of the following factors most contributed to an increase in the Atlantic slave trade to the Americas?

A. Biblical passages were used to justify the enslavement of Africans, making this system seem more acceptable than alternative labor systems to Christian plantation owners.
B. Plantation owners were reluctant to use indentured servants from Europe because of their shared belief in Christianity
C. The increased demand for labor resulting from the cultivation and sale of cash crops like sugar required a stable supply of workers
D. Native American resistance to the mita system forced plantation owners to search for a more reliable source of laborers.