They used indentured servants.
No. Indentured workers were very early in colonial history and slaves replaced them as workers.
For this answer, you should look at Bacon's Rebellion- Where Nathanial Bacon revolted against the governor of Virginia, attempting to burn down all of Jamestown. The reason the former indentured servants threatened the elit is because Bacon's mob was comprised of jaded indentured servants (who were getting the short end of the stick when it came to land) and African slaves. After the uprising, none of the wealthy settlers wanted to hire indentured servants, so they turned to African slavery as their main means of labor.
New York had indentured servants and slaves.
Slaves, or as the early settlers called them, black "indentured servants", were used to pick tobacco. Later on slaves were used for other crops, like cotton.
They used indentured servants.
There were no indentured servants in Jamestown among the 104 settlers in 1607. Indentured servants also didn’t have to be “given freedom “ because they weren’t slaves. They were people who agreed to a 7 year contract in exchange for passage to the colonies.
New England had indentured servants
No. Indentured workers were very early in colonial history and slaves replaced them as workers.
For this answer, you should look at Bacon's Rebellion- Where Nathanial Bacon revolted against the governor of Virginia, attempting to burn down all of Jamestown. The reason the former indentured servants threatened the elit is because Bacon's mob was comprised of jaded indentured servants (who were getting the short end of the stick when it came to land) and African slaves. After the uprising, none of the wealthy settlers wanted to hire indentured servants, so they turned to African slavery as their main means of labor.
Slaves are owned by other people. Indentured servants signed a 7 year contract and were free people.
In Europe they were indentured servants. They would work for mybe 5-7 years and then they would be free. But mose of them died before they were free. In America 17th century you were a slave for life. Also only way to get out of being a slave was to escape. Plus the slaves lived for a long time in America unlike the indentured servants. But in the the begining indentured servants were used in Jamestown before 1619 when a Dutch slave trader introduced the settlers to African American slaves.
New York had indentured servants and slaves.
The colony with few slaves but many indentured servants was Virginia. In the early days of the colony, before the widespread use of African slaves, indentured servants from England were a significant source of labor.
Slaves
slaves and indentured servants were first brought to north American to work producing
No!