benefits of slave owners are described in the second paragraph of Document 5. In this document, it says, “At first, the tobacco planters had indentured servants do the work. It was not long, however, before they decided that it would cost them less to have slaves do the work.” Slaves were more cost effective for the slave owners because while indenture servants work for 4-7 years before freedom, slaves were forced to work for their whole lifetime. Also, since any children of a slave is automatically…
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