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.
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Fewer indentured servants arrived as conditions in Europe improved.
Indentured Servants, the following discussion has nothing to do with the question or the answer.
all of the colonies had indentured servitude and i think people still do it
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Indentured servant were significant in populating the early Americas. Many of the first colonists gained passage to the colonies as indentured servants.
Indentured servant were significant in populating the early Americas. Many of the first colonists gained passage to the colonies as indentured servants.
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Indentured servants usually did household works in New Hampshire.
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.
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