The answer is B. Reliance on the cash crops of sugar and tobacco sparked an increased demand for labor of enslaved Africans in Southern colonies.
EXPLANATION
In Virginia, in 1620, there was an established labor-intensive tobacco farming for Europian markets. At first, the white indentured servants did most of the heavy labor. The economies of all the 13 British colonies in North America was very dependent on slavery, either directly or indirectly. Before the year 1660, the slaves held at the very least, a fraction of all the Virginia planters.
In the year 1675, slavery was already well developed. The indentured servants were being placed by the slaves in the year 1700. The Southern planters have prospered because they had a lot of resources, such as plenty of lant, slave labor, etc. Southern planters grew lucrative crops. The family-based tobacco plantations were the social and economic norm at that time.
There were 20 Africans men and women that first arrived at British North America. They arrived at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619. The Africans were treated as captives. They were seized by the privateers from Mexico’s slave ship bound. Eventually, they were traded in Virginia. The Africans worked at the tobacco fields that are located in Jamestown. The white indentured servants worked together with the Africans.
There were 27,817 enslaved Africans by the year 1700. The number kept increasing until the year 1740, there were a total of 150,024 slaves. It reached the number of 462,000 slaves eventually.
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KEYWORD: tobacco, African, slaves
Subject: History
Class: 10-12
Subchapter: African enslavement
