Indentured Servants

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The colony abandoned having "indentured servants" as being the main source of labor. An indentured servant was a person who in return for passage to Virginia worked for a person for a period of time. The male indentured servants were the ones who made up most
Bacon's Army. They wanted the land from the indians for their own farms. This caused the fighting and lead to
Governor Berkeley having to fight/and lose to Bacon.

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