The success of the tobacco industry in the Chesapeake area resulted in a labor system that included only men who could work the fields. was encouraged by England's King James I, who recognized its financial potential. eventually created a situation of too much labor, resulting in the decline of immigration diverted some of the African slave trade from the Caribbean to the shores of Virginia.

The success of the tobacco industry in the Chesapeake area resulted in a labor system that included only men who could work the fields. was encouraged by England's King James I, who recognized its financial potential. eventually created a situation of too much labor, resulting in the decline of immigration diverted some of the African slave trade from the Caribbean to the shores of Virginia.