How did the headright system benefit planters?

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Robert Ivanc · Answer 1 · 2019-11-03T02:24:15+0000

Provided labor--the headright system brought in indentured servants for farmers in the colonies.

Through the headright system, men were brought to America as indentured servants who would work for a farmer for a set time to work off a debt for passage. They would be freed after a set of time and typically provided money or land to begin their own industry.

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