Which of the following was a factor in the practices of indentured servitude and slavery in the southern colonies?

Southern colonies grew labor-intensive cash crops, including tobacco and sugar, so plantation owners sought many workers. Indentured servants and enslaved people were forced to provide that labor. Fishing and shipping were more important in some northern colonies, and enslaved Africans were not brought to the colonies as imprisoned debtors.

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