The souther colonies practiced indentured servitude and slavery because?
a- cash crops such as tobacco required many workers.
b- the fishing and shipping industries required many workers
c- imprisoned deptors were brought from africa to settle the colonies
d- indentured servitude and slaver were not allowed in the caribbean colonies

A- cash crops such as tobacco required many workers.

The correct answer would be:

A. Cash crops such as tobacco required many workers

The cash crops grown in the South took extreme amounts of labor. Cotton and tobacco had to be taken care of daily and was often back breaking work. White people thought that they could exploit slaves and servants to do the work for them instead of doing it themselves.