Which of the following statements best explains why the southern colonists hired
indentured servants from Europe?

The colonists used the system of indentured labor because it allowed England to
deport criminals to work as slaves on the plantations.

The colonists used the system to provide jobs to Europeans who had been hit by the
textile slump in the early seventeenth century.

The colonists hired indentured servants from Europe to minimize the use of African
slaves on the plantations.

The colonists used indentured servants from Europe to meet the demand for cheap
labor on the plantations,