1718 the first Transportation Act allowed the courts to sentence felons guilty of offences subject to benefit of clergy to seven years transportation to America. In 1720 a further statute authorized payments by the state to the merchants who contracted to take the convicts to America. http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/static/Punishment.jsp#transportation
in 1619
cotton <<<<WRONG!!!! It was Tobacco
What caused African slaves to be brought to the Americas was the demand for cheap labor. They replaced indentured servants.
The first slaves were brought to America. They were more indentured servants though.
The thirteen colonies were founded and brought together by local Indians who bought a store named Ernis(: haha
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.
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.
European governments and proprietors of colonies brought indentured servants from Europe. They also brought captives from African and kept them in slavery.
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.
slaves and indentured servants were first brought to north American to work producing
During the 17th century, the fields of the Chesapeake were predominantly worked by indentured servants and enslaved Africans. Indentured servants were European individuals who worked in exchange for passage to the American colonies, while enslaved Africans were forcibly brought to the region to work on plantations.
Improvments in conditions in Europe
in 1619
in 1619
tobacco
cotton <<<<WRONG!!!! It was Tobacco