Chesapeake Colonies

Tobacco Plantations: Large-scale farms in colonial America that grew tobacco as cash crop primarily using slave labor after 1660s when demand for indentured servants decreased.

Indentured Servants: Individuals who agreed to work for a certain number of years in exchange for passage to America and the promise of land or money once their service was completed.

African Slavery: The forced labor of Africans who were captured and sold into slavery, primarily in the Southern colonies. This practice began in earnest in the Chesapeake Colonies around 1660s when demand for indentured servants decreased.