Question

unit 2 progress check: mcq
questions 10 through 12 refer to the following.
“in carolina, the instances of negroes murdering... their own masters or overseers are not
rare... runaways escape by water, past frederica in georgia to st. augustine in florida,
where they receive freedom, be it war or peace with spain. many just run into the woods, get
along miserably, or are secretly looked after by other negroes....
“those negroes who have served the colony of georgia well are bought and freed by the
government, receive their own land, and enjoy the english rights. if a private party wants to
release a negro he must have the consent of the governor or get him out of the colony. for the
free negroes abuse their freedom, and it is feared they seduce others to freedom....
“... mixings or marriages between black and white colonists are not allowed by the laws; but
... i have learned of 2 white women, one french and one german, who have secretly been with
negroes and have borne black children.... and all too common are white men... who with
negro women father half - black children. the children are perpetual slaves just like their
mothers.”
johann martin bolzius, german minister, report to a correspondent in europe on life in georgia
and the carolinas, 1751
10
mark for review
which of the following represented a change in the labor force of the southern british colonies
by the 1700s as depicted in the excerpt?
a slavery became more widespread than indentured servitude.
b the rise of manufacturing led to an increased need for skilled
artisans and craftsmen.
c the encomienda was adopted from the spanish to provide native
american workers.
d people newly freed from slavery frequently worked on plantations.

Explanation:

• Option A: By the 1700s, in the southern British colonies, slavery became more widespread than indentured servitude. Indentured servitude (where people worked for a fixed - term to pay off debts or for passage) declined as slave labor, which was a permanent and more controlled form of labor (especially for cash - crop agriculture like tobacco, rice, and indigo), became more dominant.
• Option B: The southern colonies were mainly agrarian (focused on cash - crop farming like tobacco, rice, indigo). There was not a significant rise of manufacturing in the South in the 1700s that would lead to an increased need for skilled artisans and craftsmen compared to the North.
• Option C: The encomienda system was a Spanish colonial labor system used mainly in the 16th - century Spanish Americas (for Native American labor). It was not adopted in the British southern colonies in the 1700s for labor supply.
• Option D: Newly freed people from slavery did not “frequently” work on plantations. Plantation owners preferred slave labor (which was a controlled and permanent labor source) over free labor for their large - scale agricultural operations.

Answer:

A. Slavery became more widespread than indentured servitude.