Why did slave labor in the chesapeake region increasingly supplanted indentured servitude during the last two decades of the 17th century?

Respuesta :

improving conditions in England reduced the number of transatlantic migrants.

Indentured servants were men and women who signed an agreement by which they agreed to work for a certain number of years in exchange for transportation to Virginia and, on arrival, food, clothing, and shelter. The number emigrating to New England decreased as living conditions in England improved