HISTORY
THE AMERICAS PREHISTORYAD 1570
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Question
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they could use slaves as collateral and expand their plantations.
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the use of slave labor could help them receive tax credits.
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more and more Englishmen wanted to become indentured servants.
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the advances in technology demanded more efficiency.
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Detailed explanation-1: -By permanently enslaving Virginians of African descent and giving poor white indentured servants and farmers some new rights and status, they hoped to separate the two groups and make it less likely that they would unite again in rebellion.
Detailed explanation-2: -Indentured servants first arrived in America in the decade following the settlement of Jamestown by the Virginia Company in 1607. The idea of indentured servitude was born of a need for cheap labor. The earliest settlers soon realized that they had lots of land to care for, but no one to care for it.
Detailed explanation-3: -Between 1618 and 1620, about 50, 000 enslaved people-many of whom had been prisoners of war-were exported from Angola. An estimated 350 of these captives were loaded onto a Portuguese slave ship called the São João Bautista (more commonly known as the San Juan Batista).
Detailed explanation-4: -Which two factors contributed to Virginians’ acceptance of the institution of slavery? It had been a way of life for 200 years. There was increased racism.