How did the tobacco plantation system lead to indentured servitude and eventually slavery in the area surrounding Jamestown and the Chesapeake Bay.

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Gazmir · Answer 1 · 2021-11-07T23:07:25+0000

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the tobacco plantation system required a multitude of workers in order to farm the extensive plots of land that tobacco was being farmed on. Families could not complete all this work on their own so they resorted to the cheap labor provided by slaves and indentured servants.

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How did the tobacco plantation system lead to indentured servitude and eventually slavery in the area surrounding Jamestown and the Chesapeake Bay.

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