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.
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.
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Improvments in conditions in Europe
Fewer indentured servants arrived as conditions in Europe improved.
the majority of the English migrants to chesapeake were indentured servants the majority of the English migrants to chesapeake were indentured servants
Indentured servants.
In the 13 original English colonies, indentured servants were replaced by African slaves because unlike slaves, servants were guaranteed to be eventually released from bondage, and therefore slaves would provide renewable sources of labor.
Fewer indentured servants arrived as conditions in Europe improved.
Fewer indentured servants arrived as conditions in Europe improved.