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Indentured servants in Jamestown were typically young, poor individuals who signed contracts to work for a specific period of time in exchange for passage to the New World. They were not slaves, as their servitude was limited and they were eventually freed after completing their contracts. However, they faced harsh conditions and limited rights during their time of service.
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The colony with few slaves but many indentured servants was Virginia. In the early days of the colony, before the widespread use of African slaves, indentured servants from England were a significant source of labor.
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Indentured servants in Jamestown were typically young, poor individuals who signed contracts to work for a specific period of time in exchange for passage to the New World. They were not slaves, as their servitude was limited and they were eventually freed after completing their contracts. However, they faced harsh conditions and limited rights during their time of service.
Probably because there were few people settled enough to buy them and put them to work. The British were still sending debtors and criminals to be indentured servants.
There were very few slaves during the colonial period in British North America. Indentured servants, on the other hand, were much more common. The employers that indentured servants worked for grew financially stable, and they increased the price of labor over time, which made it difficult for servants to pay off their debt. Slavery became favored for the potential financial increases slaves produced through hard labor work. Eventually, though, the north and south states developed opposite opinions on the necessity of slaves.
Indentured servants in Colonial Jamestown worked under labor contracts to pay off their passage to the New World with a specific period of service. They faced harsh working conditions, minimal rights, and little opportunity for social mobility. Once their contract was completed, they were often left with little or no resources to start a new life.