Enslaved people and indentured servants were most likely to work in American colonies that relied on

Agricultural colonies needed large numbers of workers to plant and harvest labor-intensive crops such as tobacco, rice, and indigo. Enslaved people and indentured servants were therefore most likely to work in colonies that relied on agriculture. Mining, whaling, and timber employed workers too, but were not the main colonial industries associated with this labor system.

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