Why did European traders stay close to the African coast in the early 1800s? asap

They fueled rivalries between tribes and suggested that tribal leaders to sell prisoners of war

The prisoners of war would already be in the Americas and all the slavers would have to do is secure them and then bring them to their new owners thus eliminating the long trip with a high mortality rate

eliminate individuals who opposed his rule

one of the major compromises in the constitutional convention was between the small states and big states. the small states wanted each state to have the same number of representatives in congress. the big states wanted representation based on population.