The early South Carolina economy focused on the export of deerskins and furs to England as well as on:

a. small-scale manufacturing of firearms for use in raids against Spanish Florida.

b. shipbuilding.

c. the cultivation of cotton.

d. copper mining.

e. the export of Indian slaves to the Caribbean.

option:e. the export of Indian slaves to the Caribbean.

Explanation:

The early South Carolina colonist focused on the export of Indian slaves to the Caribbean, which allowed colonist to earn profits from this trading system and setting up plantations which mainly produced rice and indigo. Charles Town became the main port for transporting enslaved Indians. In exchange of Indian Slaves, African captives brought to toil in plantations. European colonists offered weapons and manufactured goods in exchange for Indian slaves and animal skins.