Identify how the labor trends shifted in the southern colonies beginning in the late seventeenth century.

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11 November, 23:14

Identify how the labor trends shifted in the southern colonies beginning in the late seventeenth century.

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Initially a large portion of labor in the southern colonies was done by indentured servants, who were mainly white, poor people who served extended work contracts for more wealthy families. In the late seventeenth century slave labor from an increasingly profitable slave trade via Africa shifted the labor trends in the area.