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why was indentured servitude ultimately unsuccessful as a major source of labor in the american colonies?

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to attract workers.

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The earliest settlers soon realized that they had lots of land to care for, but no one to care for it. With passage to the Colonies expensive for all but the wealthy, the Virginia Company developed the system of indentured servitude to attract workers. Indentured servants became vital to the colonial economy

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