How John Coode overthrew the palatinate government 161 But did not thereby bring the millennium 162ix How Nicholson removed the capital from St. Mary's to Annapolis 162, 163 Unpopularity of the establishment of the Church of England 163 Episcopal parsons 164 Exemption of Protestant dissenters from civil disabilities 165 Seymour reprimands the Catholic priests 166 Cruel laws against Catholics 167 Crown requisitions 168 Benedict Calvert, fourth Lord Baltimore, becomes a Protestant and the palatinate is revived 168, 169 Change in the political situation 170 Charles Carroll entertains a plan for a migration to the Mississippi Valley 171 How the seeds of revolution were planted in Maryland 171 End of the palatinate 172, 173 CHAPTER XIV. SOCIETY IN THE OLD DOMINION. How the history of tobacco has been connected with the history of liberty 174 Rapid growth of tobacco culture in Virginia 175 Legislative attempts to check it 176 Need for cheap labour 176 Indentured white servants 177 How the notion grew up in England that Virginians were descended from convicts; Defoe's novels, a comedy by Mrs. Behn, Postlethwayt's Dictionary, and Gentleman's Magazine 178-180 Who were the indentured white servants 181 Redemptioners 182 Distribution of convicts 183 Prisoners of war 184 Summary 185 Careers of white freedmen 186 Representative Virginia families were not descended from white freedmen 187 Some of the freedmen became small proprietors 187 Some became "mean whites" 188, 189 Development of negro slavery; effect of the treaty of Utrecht 190 Anti-slavery sentiment in Virginia 191x Theory that negroes were non-human 192 Baptizing a slave did not work his emancipation 193 Negroes as real estate 194 Tax on slaves 194 Treatment of slaves 195, 196 Fears of insurrection 196 Cruel laws 197, 198 Free blacks a source of danger 199 Taking slaves to England; did it work their emancipation? 200 Lord Mansfield's famous decision 201 Jefferson's opinion of slavery 201 Immoralities incident to the system 202, 203 Classes in Virginia society 204 Huguenots in Virginia 204, 205 Influence of the rivers upon society 206 Some exports and imports 207 Some domestic industries 208 Beverley complains of his countrymen as lazy, but perhaps his reproachful tone is a little overdone 210 Absence of town life 210, 211 Futile attempts to make towns by legislation 212 The country store and its treasures 213, 214 Rivers and roads 215 Tobacco as currency 216 Effect upon crafts and trades 217 Effect upon planters' accounts 218 Universal hospitality 219 Visit to a plantation; the negro quarter 220 Other appurtenances 221 The Great House or Home House 222 Brick and wooden houses 222, 223 House architecture 223, 224 The rooms 224 Bedrooms and their furniture 225 The dinner table; napkins and forks 226 Silver plate; wainscots and tapestry 227 The kitchen 228 The abundance of wholesome and delicious food 228, 229 The beverages, native and imported 229, 230