the transatlantic slave trade played an enormous role on the development of the americas. choose the two answers that correctly describe some of these ways. a)slavery was not as common in south america as it was in north america. b)enslaved people worked in diamond and gold mines in parts of south america. c)the mortality rate amongst enslaved people on the middle passage was often 25% or higher. d)by the late 1700s, the vast majority of enslaved people in the americas were indigenous peoples. e)upon arriving in north america, enslaved people were often initially put to work in factories in the northeast.