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What happened to indentured servants in the southern colonies during the 1600s?
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After the period of indentured servitude, the indentured servant was free to pursue their own ends.Ê Many stayed in the area while many became westward explorers. Ê
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Main labor force of southern colonies?
slaves as well as indentured servants, convicts and the homeless i like boobs
Why did the colonists come to the southern colonies?
The southern colonies were populated because people in England heard of the riches in America. They soon learned how well cash crops grew such as indigo, tabacco, and cotton. Men who were in debt had the option under James Oglethorpe to travel to Georgia to work as indentured servants. Not many went to the southern colonies for religious reasons.
How did the economies of New England and southern colonies differ?
South- tobacco plantations- indentured servants- slaveryNew England- trade- small farms- fishing (New England was said to be built on "God and cod")- little need for slavery or indentured servitude
What would be the advantages of using indentured servants in the southern colonies?
By the 1800's indentured servants were very few and had been replaced by slavery. Indentured servants had a 7 year contract but very few completed it. They would leave for their own business and place in society. It was easy to do since the majority were white and could just melt into the population. A African American had a harder time since in the southern states they were slaves who needed permission to leave from their owner. Even a freedman in the south had to be careful since they were often enslaved because they were black.
What was the reasons why the Southern colonies were founded?
The early settlers settled in the southern colonies since there many riches associated with these colonies. One of the man cash crops in the area was tobacco and the settlers came here for economic gains.
What were labor choices in the southern colonies?
Slaves Indentured Servants
In the 1600s indentured servants in the southern colonies?
In 1607 the Jamestown fort was built by the men sent to look for gold and there were no indentured servants there. The next settlement was in 1620 when the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts and they didn't have indentured servitude. The southern colonies did try indentured servants, but they didn't work out very well. The first slave in the colonies arrived in 1619.
Did the new England colonies have slavery or indentured servant?
The southern colonies had both. The indentured servants were most likely prisoners.
Primary laborers in early southern colonies until the 1680's?
Indentured Servants, the following discussion has nothing to do with the question or the answer.
Who were the primary laborers in early southern colonies until the 1680s?
indentured servants
The labor force of the southern colonies consisted of indentured servants and?
Slaves from Africa.
How were the middle colonies different from the new England and southern colonies?
They had more indentured servants than the other colonies
How were the middle colonies different from the new England and the southern colonies?
They had more indentured servants than the other colonies
How did London's great fire lead to an increase in black slavery in the southern colonies?
Before the Great fire of London, American colonists used indentured servants from England. But when the fire happened, London used all the indentured servants to rebuild London. So the colonists started to use black slaves.
Who did most of the hard work in the fields in the southern colonies?
Mostly slaves and indentured servants. If the farm was small and the family was large, then the children would help out in the fields to.
What jobs did colonists in the southern colonies?
There were large land owners, Planters/farmers, women who were pretty much homemakers, indentured servants, slaves, and artisans/craftsman.
Main labor force of southern colonies?
slaves as well as indentured servants, convicts and the homeless i like boobs
