At the beginning of the 1600s, the main source of labor was white indentured servants. They were four times more numerous than African slaves. However, as the cost of transatlantic transportation lowered, the numbers of indentured servants dropped, while the number of African slaves rose. This shift caused a change in the way African slaves were treated as well. Some blame the change on events such as Bacon's Rebellion, which lowered the way whites viewed people of color.
Improve the economy, and improve the labor shortage in the colonies.
indentured servants
Because there were no slaves available to harvest the tobacco.
Sandys tried to solve the labor shortage in Jamestown by promoting the creation of families in Jamestown.
Southern Colonies.
white servants
Improve the economy, and improve the labor shortage in the colonies.
shortage
Slavery developed in the Chesapeake colonies because its economy was largely agricultural. It required intensive labor for cultivation of tobacco and other crops, thus the Chesapeake planters turned towards slavery.
indentured servants
Landowners in the Chesapeake colonies turned to chattel slavery for labor because they needed a reliable and cheap workforce to cultivate labor-intensive cash crops like tobacco. Chattel slavery provided a consistent labor force that could be easily controlled and exploited for maximum profit.
Landowners in Chesapeake colonies began using chattel slavery primarily for economic reasons. Enslaved labor was seen as a more efficient and cost-effective way to produce labor-intensive crops like tobacco. Additionally, the racial hierarchy that developed in the colonies supported the idea of using enslaved Africans as a permanent underclass for labor.
Because there were no slaves available to harvest the tobacco.
the usage of indentured servants, and the fact that natives knew the land and would escape easily
The Southern Colonies The Southern Colonies
Landowners in the Chesapeake colonies began using chattel slavery because indentured servants were becoming less available due to improved economic conditions in England, making it harder to recruit them. Chattel slavery provided a more reliable and long-term source of cheap labor for the labor-intensive tobacco plantations in the region.
The labor shortage has been felt across the lawn and landscaping industry,