When I woke up the next morning, my uncle's car was parked in front of our house. I dashed downstairs in my pajamas and jumped into Uncle Ted's arms. Mama looked at me sternly over her coffee but didn't say anything. I could tell that they had been talking about something serious. My uncle smiled at me, but his eyes were sad. Then it hit me--Aunt Mindy wasn't with him.

How did european exploration and expansion cause the african slave trade to expand? a. european explorers discovered the slave trade and expanded it across the indian ocean into south asia. b. arab armies captured european explorers and forced them into slavery. c. european traders shipped enslaved africans to work on plantations in european colonies in the americas. d. european explorers captured african people and forced them to work on their ships.