By the end of the 1600s, blacks in Virginia constituted 14 percent of the colony's population and were mostly

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By the end of the 1600s, large-scale importation of slaves had begun in Virginia, and blacks constituted a significant proportion of the population. It was during this time that slavery became firmly established as the dominant labor system in the colony. Therefore, the correct choice is C, slaves.

By the End of the 1600s, Blacks in Virginia Constituted