Berkeley, Sir William, describes servants, 34; describes early mortality among servants, 39; estimates servants at 6,000 in 1671, 41; instructed to prohibit foreign trade, 69; permits foreign trade during _Civil War_, 69; calls Virginia land of opportunity, 75; proclaims Charles II, 84, 111; 89; describes poverty of Virginia, 90, 91, 92, 93; controls Assembly, 94; goes to England to combat _Navigation Acts_, 94-95; plans to establish manufactures, 95; denounces _Navigation Acts_, 95-96; 98; secures body guard, 111; elected Governor prior to Restoration, 112; fears King's resentment, 113; small planters turn against in _Bacon's Rebellion_, 113; estimates slaves at 2,000 in 1670, 124; 125; 160. Beverley, Robert, Sr., extensive dealer in servants, 48, 109; 113. Beverley, Robert, Jr., 61; imports slaves, 130; describes pride of poor whites, 155. Bibbie, Edmund, deals in servants, 49. Binns, Thomas, eight tithables, 57. Bishop, John, _Burgess_ and landowner, 78. Blackstone, John, patents land, 74. Bland, John, remonstrates against _Navigation Acts_, 88-89; 93. Blair, Rev. John, asks funds for college, 50, 136. Blewit, Capt., sets up iron works in Virginia, dies, 181. Board of Trade, arrears of quit rents reported to, 51; _Nicholson_ writes to concerning rent roll, 52; says servants not slaves, 60; _Berkeley_ protests to, 95, 119; asks reasons for emigration of _Virginia_ whites, 140; seeks to limit size of land grants, 143; again alarmed at emigration from Virginia, 145, 147, 157. Bolling, Mrs. Mary, has 51 slaves, 158. Brent, Giles, deals in servants, 48; 109; 113. Bridger, Joseph, deals in servants, 48; 109. Briggs, Gray, has 43 slaves, 158. British Empire, beginnings of misunderstood, 14; begun, 19; important rôle of tobacco in, 27. Broadnat, John, 128. Broadside, in 1610 calls for settlers for Virginia, 28. Browne, Robert, landowning freedman, 74. Browne, William, nine tithables, 57. Bruce, Philip Alexander, describes small planters, 54. Brunswick, land patents in small, 145. Bullock, William, denies that servants are slaves, 60. Burgesses, 54, petition King, 65; complain of high freight rates, 72; freedmen among, 73-75; _Navigation Acts_ and, 94-95; represent interest of small planters, 109; defy the king, 110; petition of, 110; rule Virginia, 1652-1660, 112; growing influence of, 109. Burwell, Francis, patents land in _James City_, 77. Burwell, John, has 42 slaves, 158. Burwell, Lewis, deals in servants, 48; 109. Burcher, William, patents land, 79. Bushood, John, sells land, 49. Butt, Thomas, deals in servants, 48. Button, Robert, receives estate, 49.