... without large amounts of labor. The cheaper the labor the greater the profits. The English began to establish their own colonies along the eastern seaboard through trading companies chartered through King James. Some companies cultivated crops. Servants were brought to the colonies along with captive Africans to work the plantations. Until the late 1600s, Blacks were referred to in public records as servants. At first ... , White and Black servants were treated equally. They were overworked, underfed, beaten, and treated with contempt. In the 1660s, when Europe began to need North Americ...

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