Why was slavery slow to develop in North America in the seventeenth century?

a$.$

Enslaved people cost more than indentured servants, and there was a high death rate among tobacco workers.

b$.$

The slave trade was not fully developed, making it difficult to obtain enslaved people in North America.

c$.$

There were fewer cash crops grown in North America than in the West Indies.

d$.$

Puritans believed slavery was immoral.

e$.$

Slavery was illegal under the charters of most North American colonies.