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Which of these is a reason plantation owners preferred to have slaves rather

than indentured servants?

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Over time, as the supply of enslaved Africans increased and their prices decreased, farmers and planters agreed that they preferred a slave for life to a servant who had the hope of freedom.
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Since slavery was for life, a slave provided more years of work
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