Other colonists had more time to work on government,etc.
Enslaved workers helped the Virginia colony succeed in several ways. They worked as farmhands and on the land as slaves, making crops prosperous.
Virginia
Virginia (Jamestown settlement).
it said because they were just the help.
You are likely living in the state of Virginia, which had the largest population of enslaved individuals during the colonial era. Virginia had a significant reliance on enslaved labor in industries such as tobacco cultivation.
Headright system
Landowners in the Virginia colony began importing enslaved Africans because they were seen as a more cost-effective and permanent source of labor compared to indentured servants, who only worked for a set period of time. Enslaved Africans also had a lifelong servitude that could be inherited, providing a more stable labor force for the landowners.
skilled workers
Slaves in Virginia were legally considered property from the time of arrival in the colony in the early 17th century. The legal status of slavery was further entrenched with the passage of laws such as the Virginia Slave Codes in the 17th and 18th centuries.
There is a colony called, The colony of Virginia. It is right where the state of Virginia now sits.
Yes.... Virginia is/was a southern colony.
Virginia Colony.