In the Chesapeake region, slavery

A) was geographically restricted to the Tidewater area until transportation improved in the nineteenth century.
B) rapidly became the dominant labor system after 1680.
C) was the labor system preferred by planters as early as the 1620s.
D) allowed planters to make vast profits from cotton and rice as well as from tobacco.
E) was so widely practiced that nearly three-fifths of white households in 1770 included a slaveowner.

Dominant Labor System

The prevailing method of labor organization and economic production within a particular society or region, such as slavery, serfdom, or wage labor.

Chesapeake Region

A geographical area in the United States characterized by the Chesapeake Bay, spanning parts of Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, and the District of Columbia, known for its unique history and culture.

After 1680

A temporal marker indicating events or conditions following the year 1680.