Why did the vast majority of european immigrants to the chesapeake come as indentured servants?

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Kristen Cyr · Answer 1 · 2019-04-19T14:01:27+0000

Poor immigrants came to Chesapeake as indentured servants because they could not afford passage to the New World but they had much better opportunities in the New World on tobacco farms than in England.

Why did the vast majority of european immigrants to the chesapeake come as indentured servants?

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