a necessitate for people to do the labor required to make the colonies function

and flourish. This lead to a scarcity to labor in the English colonies, which lead

to the exercise of “unfree” labor. In the start of the labor shortage, indentured

servitude was popular, then later on slavery became more vastly popular.

Labor was necessary for various aspects of the lives of the colonists. In

the southern colonies a great deal of labor was needed for the harvesting of

tobacco. The first colonists to come over to the Americas contracted to seven

years of labor and in return, they would receive a share of the profit. When their

contracts expired, there was scarcely any profit. Seeing as no one was attracted

to coming over, the London Company stated a “dividend” of the land to those

who were still animate. Each colonist received 100 acres. The London Company

began to rely on these grants to aid their labor and capital deficiency.

unfair rules for the servants. They could not marry without permission, could be

America, but the treatment of the slaves and servants were ruthless and unjust.

indentured servants. The outcome of the resistance movements did nothing to

them, abuse them in anyway possible, and kill them. Woman could be raped.

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