Because they needed money
Becouse they did not use agriculture
Slaves Indentured Servants
indentured servants or slaves
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.
Fewer indentured servants arrived as conditions in Europe improved.
they made plantations
Slaves from Africa.
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.
They used indentured servants.
both
Whites were used as inderntured servants though blacks were mostly slaves.
New England had indentured servants