Those who migrated to the Chesapeake Bay area as indentured servants were ________

A) usually from the dregs of English society
B) English farmers who saw a better future in the New World
C) normally single males in their teens or early twenties
D) married individuals who came with their families
E) generally convicted criminals who traded jail time in England for indentures


Answer: C

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