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Calvert's manor system in Maryland focused on establishing large land grants to attract wealthy settlers who would bring in indentured servants or slaves to work on the land. In Virginia, the heavy reliance on indentured servants led to the development of a more hierarchical society based on labor contracts, while the manor system in Maryland allowed for a more feudal-like structure with landowners having greater control over the workforce.
Slaves could be counted on to be more loyal to their masters, and slaves are property and can be bought and sold. Indentured servants are contractually obligated to work for their employer for a fixed amount of time after which they can leave.
Slaves were property and they were owned by the plantation owners. All slaves were African Americans and could be identified as slaves. Indentured servants were white people that was working off a 7 year contract. If they wanted they could break the contract and fade into the population.
New England had a more diversified economy compared to the Southern colonies, with a greater emphasis on small family farms, trade, and manufacturing. This reduced the demand for large numbers of indentured servants or slaves to work on plantations. Additionally, New England's harsh climate and rocky soil made large-scale agriculture less profitable, further diminishing the need for coerced labor.
Indentured servants had to work long hours, often performing laborious tasks in exchange for their passage to the colonies. They were under the control of their masters for a specific period, typically ranging from 4 to 7 years. Their living conditions were often poor, and they had limited rights or freedoms during their servitude.
there were not enough indentured servants to meet the demands
In the 1800's, there were over 10,000 Indentured Servants in Jamestown, Virginia.
They used indentured servants.
Indentured servants provided a labor force for the new colony. Men from England would "indenture" themselves to work for a specified period of time as payment for the voyage to Virginia, after which they were free to settle their own lands
tobacco in Virginia and also cotton
Calvert's manor system in Maryland focused on establishing large land grants to attract wealthy settlers who would bring in indentured servants or slaves to work on the land. In Virginia, the heavy reliance on indentured servants led to the development of a more hierarchical society based on labor contracts, while the manor system in Maryland allowed for a more feudal-like structure with landowners having greater control over the workforce.
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.
could not own land.
how did the use of indentured servant help and hurt the Jamestown settlement
Slaves cost much less: to buy and to care for than indentured servants.
The English colonists gradually turned to the use of African after efforts to meet their labor needs with enslaved Native Americans and indentured servants failed.
could not own land.