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Indentured servant were significant in populating the early Americas. Many of the first colonists gained passage to the colonies as indentured servants.
When the colonies required indentured servants or slaves it was to do the work. The first slave arrived in Jamestown in 1609 and after tobacco got a start in the colony workers were needed. Indentured servants didn't work out as well, so more slaves were brought in than indentured servants.
in 1619
by boats, white people on boats.
It was Virginia.
Indentured servant were significant in populating the early Americas. Many of the first colonists gained passage to the colonies as indentured servants.
Indentured servant were significant in populating the early Americas. Many of the first colonists gained passage to the colonies as indentured servants.
slaves and indentured servants were first brought to north American to work producing
Indentured Servants
The first African Americans to arrive in the English colonies were indentured servants. They were probably shocked when slavery became common soon after that.
When the colonies required indentured servants or slaves it was to do the work. The first slave arrived in Jamestown in 1609 and after tobacco got a start in the colony workers were needed. Indentured servants didn't work out as well, so more slaves were brought in than indentured servants.
By the end of the 1600s, indentured servants were being given 25 acres of land, and their freedom. The first blacks that came to America in the 1610s were treated as indentured servants, and slavery was not decided on the basis.
Slaves
Indentured servants, and then slaves.
in 1619
in 1619
When the settlers first came they first used indentured servants to work off their debt then later the settlers found out that slavery was cheaper and used them a lot more.