Correct. The answer is a. In order to demonstrate that Chesapeake planters began to favor enslaved Africans over indentured servants, the author cites evidence that the population of black people in the Chesapeake region increased fivefold between 1670 and 1700 and that, by 1700, one out of eight people in the region was a black person from Africa.
Incorrect. The answer is a. In order to demonstrate that Chesapeake planters began to favor enslaved Africans over indentured servants, the author cites evidence that the population of black people in the Chesapeake region increased fivefold between 1670 and 1700 and that, by 1700, one out of eight people in the region was a black person from Africa.