[Mount Athos]

i never heard of a death rate equivalent to 2 year lifespan for slaves in colonies.
I am skeptical.
Slaves were expensive it wasn’t in the owners interest to beat or work them to death

[crosdaddy]

These slaves were not expensive, they were free.

[VietVet]

“I never heard of a death rate equivalent to 2 year lifespan for [indentured servants] in colonies.”

In Maryland, during the first year in the colony, 30% of the new settlers would die; this was called ‘the Seasoning.’ After 10 years, roughly 70 % would have died. The southern colonies were not a healthy place for Europeans. New England had a less lethal climate.

[pierrem15]

I'm also skeptical: in the Caribbean I would not be surprised. Sugar and rum were so profitable that slaves were worked to death and replaced.

This wasn't so much the case in the continental tobacco colonies, which were less profitable, and the cost of an imported slave (with the additional travel) was proportionately higher.

[stormer]

Yes, I am skeptical of that claim. At any rate, indentured servitude is significantly different from generational slavery.