Why did colonial masters adopt the institution of indentured servitude rather than Indians or black slavery?

Question

I have to write a 5-paragraph essay answering this question..i have 4 paragraphs..i just need a couple of more facts for my conclusion..any answers will be greatly appreciated..thank you

Answer 1

don't know what you already have, but try these on for size. first and foremost, the art of economics dominated overall, then as now. to enslave indians, or native americans, first you had to round them up and get cooperative tribes to help. oh, the colonists tried this but it didn't work. as soon as they got some natives into their area, the natives knew the area better than all others and quickly ran away. well, when that idea didn't work, it was only after looking for really cheap ways to get workers who worked for free, or nearly free, did the colonists take the English, french and Spanish example and start importing African captured people into slavery in the Americas. but, know what? all this was prologue to an earlier and bigger picture. the home country, England, sponsored and first expeditions, and later ones at that. since the crown was footing the bill, so to speak, they also call the shots on who was to go, what would be set up, etc. private companies , i.e. trading companies, also worked with the crown but still answered to the crown. England had a lot of people in the English jails, in fact, way too many. it cost England a lot of money to house the inmates so somebody in the crown had a brilliant idea. "let's empty the jails, send the inmates to America. out of sight-out of mind and pocket. they can work in the Americas as free labor. England's jails and overcrowding? problem solved." by free labor, that meant as indentured servants. they served their time as labor in America, help colonize and settle areas in the northeast and when their time was up, they could stay where they were. neat and simple. however, while this solved a short-term problem, the larger problem still existed. what happens when their service is done. who's to take their place? with hardly any replacements on the horizon, the colonists and their money backers longing looked to first the native - that didn't work - then African natives. well, that worked for the french, Spanish and other English enterprises, hum. maybe that will work in the Americas. the rest, as they say, is history. hope that answers your question. good luck!

Answer 2

Indentured servitude is not slavery and had never been.

Indentured servitude goes back several hundred years if not thousands of years in European, Roman, Greek, or Babylonian history.

The Indentured Servant could: vote; own property; got paid; could redress aggreivances against his master (master carpenter, master cooper, master engraver, etc.); but could not get married while under his apprenticeship.

Indentured servitude was brought over from Europe in the earliest days of American colonialization: the Spanish, the Dutch, the French, and the English all had indentured servants with them in the 1500s and 1600s when they established colonies in the Americas.

Answer 3

They got workers from the countries they came from, and in offering the indentured servitude, they could make somebody's journey possible.
That's not to say that there weren't abuses. People can treat other people badly even if they are of the same ethnic background.

Answer 4

I HAVE ANSWERED THIS SEVERAL TIMES BUT ONCE MORE INTO THE BREECH. THE CASH CROP OF VIRGINIA AND THE CAROLINAS AND OTHER STATES LATER ON WAS TOBACCO. TOBACCO IS A VERY LABOR INTENSIVE CROP. THAT MEANS IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK DURING ALL STAGES OF ITS GROWTH. THERE WAS NEVER ENOUGH HELP AVAILABLE SO WHATEVER KIND OF HELP CAME DOWN THE ROAD THE PLANTERS GRABBED IT UP. SO BLACK SLAVE FOR LIFE, WHITE SLAVE FOR SEVEN YEARS, HIRED MAN OR WOMAN. WE DON'T CULL NOBODY