Which crop was most closely linked to the growth of slavery in the Chesapeake colonies during the seventeenth century?
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Correct answer: Tobacco
Tobacco became the major cash crop of the Chesapeake and required intensive labor. As demand grew and indentured servitude became less reliable, planters increasingly turned to enslaved African labor.
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