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Virginia's Indentured Servants' Plot happened in 1661.
In its initial years as a colony, Virginia had indentured servants. They relied on these indentured servants for most of the labor in the early years.
Absolutely, hordes of them.
Because they were indentured.
Slaves
indentured servants
well they were servants so the went to va to work for freedom
In the 1800's, there were over 10,000 Indentured Servants in Jamestown, Virginia.
Indentured servants.
I think it was harmful because the servants were treated bad
Indentured servants.
In 1652, the Catholic colony of Rhode Island made slavery illegal, and the colony of Virginia had fewer than 500 slaves -- only three percent of its almost 17,000 colonists. The tobacco planters of Virginia were still dependent primarily on indentured servants for labor, the indentured servants not requiring an initial investment as did the buying of slaves.