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Cultures In Contact II Few people of African descent appeared in Maryland during its founding decades. By the 1670s, encouraged by Englishmen relocating from the Carribean, sizeable numbers of enslaved Africans were imported to replace the shrinking pool of indentured servants. Many of Maryland's leaders owned enslaved Africans. By 1700, individuals of African descent were the main source of bound labor in the tobacco fields. The use of forced labor had become established in Maryland and would continue until the American Civil War.
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