In which of the following ways did the plantation colonies of Barbados differ from those in the Chesapeake in the seventeenth century?
A) Barbados never adopted African slave labor.
B) Barbados adopted slavery gradually and the Chesapeake did so rapidly.
C) The Chesapeake adopted slavery gradually and Barbados did so quickly.
D) Barbados always relied on slaves and never on indentured servants.

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The Chesapeake region initially relied more on indentured servants from Europe for labor before gradually transitioning to a system based heavily on African slave labor. In contrast, Barbados quickly adopted a plantation economy reliant on African slave labor due to its sugar cultivation, which required a large, permanent labor force.

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