Which One of the Following Is True of the English

question 65

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is true of the English West Indies in the seventeenth century?

• A) By the end of the century, the African population far outnumbered the European population on most islands.
• B) Mixed economies with small farms worked by indentured servants dominated islands such as Barbados throughout the century.
• C) Frequent uprisings by African slaves caused the English to abandon the West Indies by the 1680s and to relocate staple crop production to mainland North America.
• D) The free labor system of the West Indies stood in stark contrast to the slave labor system of the Chesapeake.
• E) Indentured servants replaced African slaves in the West Indies once the demand for slaves in Carolina drained away the African population of the islands.

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