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Why did plantation owners prefer African slaves to indentured servants?
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you owned a slave and could sell it or buy another one and a servant would come and go with pay while slaves had no pay
The children of female slaves didn't need to be bought
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What is the difference between African slavery and European indentured servitude?
Slaves are owned by another person. Indentured servants signed a 7 year contract to work for that time and pay back the cost of the trip to the colonies. Actually, there are still people today who come here as indentured servants. In CA we have sheepherders that come to work here as indentured servants.Indentured service lasted until the debt was paid off. Slavery was for life.Indentured service was treated as a debt with the penalties administered according to debt law. Slavery classified human beings as chattel with no legal rights or recourse.An indentured servant worked for the person that paid his passage. This would take three or more years. After the debt was paid, that person was free to do what he wanted. This was common in colonial America. A slave was different because the owner kept the slave for life and owned all children of the slave as well.An indentured servant would work for a specific time, maybe 7 years, to pay off a debt. In most cases, slavery is for life.The primary difference between indentured servants and people enslaved from Africa was freedom. Indentured servants were indebted to their masters to work and do their bidding for a temporary period of time. In most cases, indentured servants knew ahead of time how long they would be servants. At the end of that period the master was obligated to set the slave free. Indentured slaves also had rights, they could marry and even buy their way out of slavery.Slaves who were captured and sold during the Transatlantic Slave Trade were bought and sold and classified by law as property. This is known as chattel slavery, and slaves who were subject to this form of slavery were condemned to a lifetime of slavery with no possible chance of being set free. In some rare instances slave owners granted their slaves freedom as a dying wish but this was rare. It is said that Thomas Jefferson who owned slaves requested in his will that his slaves and their children be set free. It was later discovered that Thomas Jefferson had fathered the children of his slave.Chattel slavery was deeping dehumanizing and there have been no recorded incidents of chattel slavery being practiced other than during this dark period.
Why did the Calverts' manor system fail?
Plantation owners would rather buy slaves and grow tobacco.
Why did plantation owners turn to Africans for a labor force?
There were insufficient numbers of Native Americans to work the plantations, especially after the waves of diseases eliminated vast swathes of the population. Africans were considered capable of performing intense labor and they were easily "enslavable" because African kings were more than willing to trade away captured enemies for iron, gold, and European manufactures.
Why did plantation owners turn to enslaved Africans as a labor forces?
because the Native Americans were dying so they turned to the enslaved Africans to work the farms
Why did the Spanish take the first African slaves to Hispaniola?
The islands were producing far more agriculturally at this time then the mainland, so it make sense that the first African slaves went to Hispaniola. The crops that were being grown during the 16th and 17 century in this area were very labor intensive. Due to disease and all that, that native Taino population on the island was wiped out and it was therefore necessary for the Spanish plantation owners to look elsewhere for cheap labor. The beginning of the slave trade comes about after pretty much the same sequence of events everywhere in the Americas, just at different times. Need for increased labor --> loss of native population from disease --> slave trade
What was the advantages of indentured servitude for plantation owners?
One advantage of having indentured servants for plantation owners was that they could increase their profit margin. The plantation owners had very cheap labor.
Was the advantage of indentured servitude for plantation owner's?
One advantage of having indentured servants for plantation owners was that they could increase their profit margin. The plantation owners had very cheap labor.
Why couldn't plantation owners in the colonial days use indentured servants?
Slaves cost much less: to buy and to care for than indentured servants.
What would plantation owners prefer slaves instead of indentured servants?
they coulld use slaves longer
How did the planters get their indentured servants?
Using the headright system, people in England 100s of acres of land in America by becoming indentured servants for a period of time, usually 7 years. These indentured servants were most often used by the plantation owners in Virginia initially.
What was one way plantation owners tried to keep slaves under control?
By denying them privileges granted to indentured servants
Did owners of indentured servants pay there servants?
yes
Which of these is a reason plantation owners preferred to have slaves rather then indentured servants?
The children of slaves women were slaves who didn't need to be purchased
What was the most important social distinction in the seventeenth century Chesapeake colony?
The most important social distinction in the seventeenth century Chesapeake colony was between the wealthy elite plantation owners and the indentured servants and enslaved laborers. The plantation owners had immense wealth and power, while the indentured servants and enslaved laborers were largely dependent on them for work and survival. This distinction shaped the economic and social structure of the colony, with the plantation owners dominating both politically and economically.
What did slave owners call house servants?
indentured servants
Why did plantation owners MOST prefer to use slaves over indentured servants?
There were two reasons why they turned to slavery. The first one is indentured servitude was a contract for 7 years and often people didn't finish out their contract once they arrived. This meant that they could fade into the population of colonists and no one would know they were indentured servants. While slaves were African American and anyone who was black was a slave no matter where they were. This is the second reason why slaves became popular because no matter where they were they could be picked out as a slave. To leave a plantation they had to have a pass, and slaves were property while indentured servants were workers.
why were indentured servants and blacks not allowed to marry?
their owners are afraid indentured servants would teach blacks to read or write
