All of the Following Is True of Indentured Laborers EXCEPT

question 50

Multiple Choice

All of the following is true of indentured laborers EXCEPT:

• A) English planters in Barbados imported English and Irish indentured laborers for tobacco, cotton, indigo, and ginger production.
• B) After English and Irish workers became unwilling to migrate as indentured laborers, law courts sentenced those accused of crimes to "transportation" to serve as indentured labor.
• C) Many poor English and Irish people were tricked or kidnapped into being "transported" for that purpose.
• D) Indenture was abandoned because African slaves quickly proved a better source of labor.

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Definitions:

Mean Absolute Deviation

Mean absolute deviation is a measure of variability that represents the average absolute difference between each data point and the mean of the data set.

Sum of Squares

A statistical measure that quantifies the variance within a dataset by summing the squared differences between each value and the mean.

Forecast Accuracy

The degree to which forecasted values correspond with actual values over a specified period.

Mean Absolute Deviation

Mean absolute deviation measures the average absolute distances between each data point in a set and the set's mean, providing an overview of variability.