AALIYAHHOLIDAY49GO AALIYAHHOLIDAY49GO Social Studies Answered Why did a large population of the enslaved in the Carolina Colony come from West Africa? There was directly shipping line from West Africa to Barbados, which made it easy to add Carolina Their experience and knowledge of Rice farming made them valuable to the colony. They were dying off from disease and saw a rapid population decrease West African worked as indentured servants, so they provided temporary labor in the Rice fields