Asked by CLAUDIA AVILA on Jul 08, 2024
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Why, beginning in the mid-1660s, did Chesapeake planters begin to purchase more African slaves?
A) They could no longer obtain an adequate supply of white indentured servants.
B) The price of slaves dropped as more and more were imported from Africa.
C) It became clear that Native Americans could not be used successfully as slaves.
D) It became necessary for white indentured servants to serve in the militia to defend against Indian attacks.
Chesapeake Planters
Wealthy landowners in the Chesapeake Bay area during the colonial and early United States periods, known for cultivating tobacco as a cash crop.
African Slaves
Enslaved people brought from Africa to the Americas and other places through the transatlantic slave trade, used for labor from the 16th to the 19th century.
Indentured Servants
Laborers who worked under a contract for a certain period of time, usually without pay but in exchange for free passage to a new country, common during the colonial period in America.
- Discuss the establishment and advancement of slavery in the Americas, along with its implications for the social, political, and economic environments.
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- Discuss the establishment and advancement of slavery in the Americas, along with its implications for the social, political, and economic environments.
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