After the first purchase of slaves in 1619 by Jamestown settlers, additional purchases of Africans were relatively few in Virginia's early decades because

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In the early decades after 1619, the purchase of African slaves in Virginia was relatively infrequent primarily because they were more expensive compared to indentured servants. Indentured servants, who worked for a set number of years in exchange for passage to America, were a more economical source of labor during this period.

After the First Purchase of Slaves in 1619 by Jamestown