The_Development_Of_The_South

The Development Of The South The Development of the South The development of the South began with a colony known as the Virginia Colony. In this colony the first form of labor began. As the colony developed so did the various forms of labor. In December of 1606, 108 settlers sailed from London to Virginia. They were instructed to settle Virginia, find gold, and also find a water route to the Orient. Among these settlers were artisans, craftsmen, and laborers. All of which would make up the first labor force in the South. Throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth century, many of the immigrants who came to America were extremely poor had little hope for the future. These people saw America as a fresh start in the world. However, this fresh start came with a price. Without the financial means to pay for the long voyage to America, many people volunteered for a labor system known as indentured servitude. In this system, a person would come to the colonies with the understanding that a farmer or another established individual in America would pay for their travel expenses once they had arrived. In return the new immigrant would have labor, system, virginia, slaves, slavery, america, indentured, first, colony, colonies, years, south, servitude, came, worked, work, without, voyage, under, time, start, slave, settlers, servants, poor, plantations, physical, person, people, pay, once, often, means, known, institution