Large landowners in the South relied on indentured servants and slaves to work their land, while farmers worked according to their region's crops and relied on family labor. Artisans worked as craftsmen in towns and plantations. Women worked as caretakers and homemakers within the home and had limited education and no right to vote. Indentured servants agreed to work without pay to pay for their passage to the colonies and would become free after their contract ended, while slaves were captured in Africa and sold as property for life without rights or chance of freedom.