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Why did the colonists in Virginia use indentured servants?

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Cheap labor source.

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Indentured servants were used in the beginning of colonialism in Virginia because they were at first a cheap labor source. However, they later became unreliable due to several reasons such as the majority of the them were armed. Hope this helped!

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