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How did the plantation system and the lack of indentured servants affect the status of Africans in America?
The plantations system and the lack of indentured servants in America affected the status of Africans in America because Africans where slaves and the would work eternally unlike indentured servants who only worked temporarily.
Which of these describes the purpose of the Headright System used in many areas during the colonial era?
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What was indenture servitude?
Indentured servitude is when there is a contract between two parties saying that one party agrees to work for a defined amount of years, usually 3-7 years, in exchange for clothing, food, shelter, and other essentials instead of money. Was a way for poor people to come to America because would agree to do labor in exchange for travel costs and food/clothes/home.
How did the plantation system and the lack of indentured servants affect the status of Africans American?
They worked the enslaved Africans harder on the fields. The southern economy came to depend on slavery.
What were the largest group of settlers in the backcountry?
The largest group of backcountry settlers wre indentured servants, since they willingly sold a good portion of their life to cross the Atlantic. They offerer a good exuse for their employers to obtain land. Their employers accomplished this thanks to the headright system for every indentured servant they received a headright which would be 50 acres.
