It's been too many computer books ago to be able to quote or cite, but I recall reading a couple years ago that a very large percentage (over 30%) of all whites brought to the new world by/as early settlers were indentured servants (slaves). Blacks were not the only--or even the first--slaves in this country. The difference is that most (I said most) of the white slaves used hard work and personal initiative to overcome a bad situation. There was no government tit for them to glom onto in those days.