Southern plantation owners in the colonial era could not depend on using indentured servants for labor because the workers would not be able to become property owners.
Answer: Option D
Step-by-step explanation:
The indentured servants were the people who had signed a contract with the owner to work and that contract also included the food, shelter, clothing etc for the servants. They were different from other workers because they were in a contract.
But they were not very willing to come and work in the south during the colonial era because they were not treated very nicely and could never grow much there and could not become owner of assets in these areas and live a better life.