Answer:
Option: A. slaves and overseers.
Explanation:
The Chesapeake region (Virginia and Maryland) was part of the colony during the British rule in America. The geographical condition and climate had made the region for agriculture. The Chesapeake region had a one-crop economy based on tobacco. To flourish slaves required in farms, in the beginning, indentured slaves commonly practised, which later succeed by African slaves in the 17th century. Overseers hired to look over the slaves and their work in the fields. Planters relied heavily on overseers to run their plantations with the help of slaves.
