Labor was an issue brought up throughout of American History. Labor begin from the colonial era through Reconstruction era. Labor started with Chesapeake Labor shortage which was a slowly growing colony. Being a slow growing colony Chesapeake had unhealthy climate and a high death rate with disease and Indian attacks.
Early settlers from England and Scotland started working in tobacco fields. With the tobacco industry growing it required extensive labor so the settlers had a shortage of workers which was an issue doing the colonial era. There were different methods to solve the shortage in tobacco industry by getting indentured servants, setting up a headright system and slavery. Indentured servants were under contract workers with a master
Early settlers from England and Scotland started working in tobacco fields. With the tobacco industry growing it required extensive labor so the settlers had a shortage of workers which was an issue doing the colonial era. There were different methods to solve the shortage in tobacco industry by getting indentured servants, setting up a headright system and slavery. Indentured servants were under contract workers with a master