During the seventeenth century, indentured servitude at first seemed the best solution to the labor shortage. What was NOT one of the underlying reasons for this?
a. The Indian population proved to be an unreliable work force because they died in such large numbers.
b. African slaves cost too much money.
c. Many poor Englishmen were willing to mortgage their labor in exchange for passage to America.
d. Slaves was impossible to obtain.
e. Settler families procreated too slowly.
d
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