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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
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In what year were the first African indentured servants brought to America?
in 1619
Why were fewer indentured servants brought to American in the 1700s?
Fewer indentured servants were brought to America in the 1700s due to several factors, including the decline in the availability of willing laborers in England and the rising demand for more permanent labor sources, particularly enslaved Africans. Economic changes, such as improved conditions in England and the transition to a more profitable slave-based economy in the colonies, shifted the focus away from indentured servitude. Additionally, the increasing costs and risks associated with transporting indentured servants made the practice less attractive for colonial planters.
What were slaves and indentured servants first brought to North American to produce?
cotton <<<<WRONG!!!! It was Tobacco
What caused African slaves to be brought to the Americas?
What caused African slaves to be brought to the Americas was the demand for cheap labor. They replaced indentured servants.
What happened in 1619 that caused the civil war?
The first slaves were brought to America. They were more indentured servants though.
Why did the Jamestown settlers want indentured servants and 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.
what caused the number of indentured servants in English colonies?
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.
How did the europeans get the workers they needed to make their colonies profitable?
European governments and proprietors of colonies brought indentured servants from Europe. They also brought captives from African and kept them in slavery.
What caused the number of indentured servants in English colonies to?
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.
What caused the number indentured servants in English colonies to decrease?
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?
slaves and indentured servants were first brought to north American to work producing
Who worked the fields of the chesapeake during 17th century?
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.
What caused the number of indentured servant in English colonies to decrease?
Improvments in conditions in Europe
In what year were the first African indentured servants brought to America?
in 1619
When was the First Africans brought to North American as indentured servants?
in 1619
Slaves and indentured servants were the first brought to north America to work producing?
tobacco
What were slaves and indentured servants first brought to North American to produce?
cotton <<<<WRONG!!!! It was Tobacco
