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It was cheap or cost effective. It was also exotic and appeared to be enlightening to have them as servants instead of as slaves. This made the bosses appear to have a heart. Plus it appeared you have status if you have servants, black servants were considered a serving class of citizens back then.
Because they were cheap labor (it was closer to indentured servitude than wage-labor)
Reasons immigrants came to Philadelphia include:-Philadelphia was a port of entry into the United States-Immigrants came as indentured servants who had to work off the borrowed price of their passage with merchants in Philadelphia-ship lines ran regularly between Liverpool and Philadelphia-industrial expansion provided jobs-an abundance of cheap housing-became a home for immigrants fleeing political turmoil, persecution, and drastic poverty-employers spoke their language
Reasons immigrants came to Philadelphia include:-Philadelphia was a port of entry into the United States-Immigrants came as indentured servants who had to work off the borrowed price of their passage with merchants in Philadelphia-ship lines ran regularly between Liverpool and Philadelphia-industrial expansion provided jobs-an abundance of cheap housing-became a home for immigrants fleeing political turmoil, persecution, and drastic poverty-employers spoke their language
The Encomienda system provided cheap labor source for Spain. It also provided more lands, more settlers, as well as military protection.
One advantage of having indentured servants for plantation owners was that they could increase their profit margin. The plantation owners had very cheap labor.
One advantage of having indentured servants for plantation owners was that they could increase their profit margin. The plantation owners had very cheap labor.
What caused African slaves to be brought to the Americas was the demand for cheap labor. They replaced indentured servants.
they wanted cheap labor on the plantations and mines. This is different from indentured servants because there is a light at the end of the tunnel for an indentured servant. Meaning that they work like a slave, but they are free after seven years, but a slave has to work until the end of his/her days.
By the 1800's indentured servants were very few and had been replaced by slavery. Indentured servants had a 7 year contract but very few completed it. They would leave for their own business and place in society. It was easy to do since the majority were white and could just melt into the population. A African American had a harder time since in the southern states they were slaves who needed permission to leave from their owner. Even a freedman in the south had to be careful since they were often enslaved because they were black.
they wanted cheap labor on the plantations and mines. This is different from indentured servants because there is a light at the end of the tunnel for an indentured servant. Meaning that they work like a slave, but they are free after seven years, but a slave has to work until the end of his/her days.
Slavery started in the colonies because of the need for cheap labor. The colonies needed people to work on the cotton farms. It existed before the colonies ever were. it did not begin in the colonies..
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Cheap labor for defensive fortifications.
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It was cheap or cost effective. It was also exotic and appeared to be enlightening to have them as servants instead of as slaves. This made the bosses appear to have a heart. Plus it appeared you have status if you have servants, black servants were considered a serving class of citizens back then.
Because they were cheap labor. They wanted to be able to do unwanted work cheaply without doing it themselves. It started with indentured servants, which eventually lead to African slaves. they were mostly used in the south for the tobacco crops which the leaves had to be harvested by hand. The other main crop they were used for is cotton.