Indentured servitude
A)was a relatively unknown concept in English culture and was purely an American institution.
B)usually meant a life-long commitment to an overseer.
C)provided a permanent solution to the labor shortages in the American colonies.
D)eventually gave way to the employment of African slave labor.

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Indentured servitude was a system where individuals worked for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to the New World, among other things. It was not a lifelong commitment nor a permanent solution to labor shortages. Over time, as the demand for labor grew, especially in the American colonies, the system of indentured servitude was gradually replaced by African slave labor, which was seen as more economical and provided a permanent solution to the labor needs of the colonies.

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