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What effect did the headright system have on slavery?

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Answer:It expanded slavery

Explanation:by encouraging planter too purchase more enslaved people in order to gain more land

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Plantation owners benefited from the headright system when they paid for the transportation of imported enslaved people. This, along with the increase in the amount of money required to bring indentured servants to the colonies, contributed to the shift towards slavery in the colonies.

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