HISB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Planation Surface
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Indentured servants: sold labor for 6-8 years in an indentured contract. You are given a master and you work with them for a while. After that time you get freedom, free entrance to america, and room and board. It was hard work, and many people died. They did the same things as slaves, but it was voluntary. Their contracts could not be sold: tobacco was the main thing sold. Chesapeake society land, so every few years you had to move to a different area to farm. It made a lot of money, but things like the concept of towns weren"t that common. Virginia had very little towns: many plantation owners owned more land than others, creating a hierarchy. They also lived in a very fragmented society. It was very spread out, and very young and male dominant. No one in virginia and maryland lived long. In 1660 tobacco prices start to fall, and more and more people are opening plantations.
