English colonists in places such as Virginia adopted African slavery for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
a. escaped African slaves could be more easily identified than escaped white servants.
b. despite the higher initial costs of slaves, they generally provided their masters with more years of service than did white servants.
c. the temporary nature of white servitude meant that it was a less stable labor system than slavery.
d. English colonists found it distasteful to place fellow white people in servitude and so abandoned the practice of white servitude as quickly as possible.
d. English colonists found it distasteful to place fellow white people in servitude and so abandoned the practice of white servitude as quickly as possible.
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