Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes slavery in the Chesapeake by the mid-eighteenth century?

  

• Most slaves were born in North America.
• Most slaves were imported to work on tobacco plantations.
• By 1720, slaves represented a majority of the Chesapeake's population.
• Slaves usually came directly from Africa and used their cultural solidarity to force their masters to treat them more humanely than they were treated in the West Indies.

ANSWER: Most slaves were born in North America.