Compare and contrast indentured servitude with black slavery. Why did Chesapeake colonists switch from the former to the latter?
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Indentured servitude was short term contract labor, usually involving white Europeans. Slavery was lifetime inheritable service only involving Africans. Consider the switch as a result of the need for labor, the declining availability of indentured servants, the growing availability of blacks (becoming less expensive), the need for a more reliable labor force, and that English racial attitudes seemed to justify slavery for blacks.
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