Question 5 (3 points)
What role did indentured servants play in South Carolina's economic expansion?
The system of indentured servitude replaced the system of slavery in the colony.
In addition to working, indentured servants paid landowners rent for housing.
Indentured servants spent their wages in local shops, leading to an economic
upswing.
Landowners relied on their labor to produce the cash crops that they sold for
profit.