Improvements in conditions in Europe brought about a decrease in people attempting to leave the continent as indentured servants, and with the rise of the African slave trade, the need for indentured white servants that the colonists had to pay and eventually release decreased dramatically.
Indentured servants.
Fewer indentured servants arrived as conditions in Europe improved.
Fewer indentured servants arrived as conditions in Europe improved.
Fewer indentured servants arrived as conditions in europe improved.
Improvements in conditions in Europe brought about a decrease in people attempting to leave the continent as indentured servants, and with the rise of the African slave trade, the need for indentured white servants that the colonists had to pay and eventually release decreased dramatically.
Improvements in conditions in Europe brought about a decrease in people attempting to leave the continent as indentured servants, and with the rise of the African slave trade, the need for indentured white servants that the colonists had to pay and eventually release decreased dramatically.
The shift towards using enslaved Africans as laborers, along with the development of a more stable workforce through free labor and the passage of laws providing incentives for European immigrants, contributed to the decrease in the number of indentured servants in the English colonies.
Fewer indentured servants arrived as conditions in Europe improved.
Improvments in conditions in Europe
Fewer indentured servants arrived as conditions in Europe improved.
The number of indentured servants in English colonies decreased due to several factors, including the reduced availability of labor as economic conditions improved in England, which made potential servants less willing to emigrate. Additionally, the rising profitability of cash crops, particularly tobacco, led to a shift toward African slavery as a more permanent and controllable labor source. Legislative changes and the growing perception of slavery as a more advantageous system also contributed to this decline in indentured servitude.
What caused African slaves to be brought to the Americas was the demand for cheap labor. They replaced indentured servants.