The Planters of Colonial VirginiaWertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson
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The Planters of Colonial Virginia
Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson
Slavery -- Virginia; Virginia -- Economic conditions; Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Freedmen,
80 per cent of servants become, 40;
prior to 1660 remained in Virginia, 40;
form large part of population, 41;
annual recruits of, 41;
usually young, 42;
might acquire property, 43;
perform bulk of work, 43;
what became of, 43;
become small planters, 60;
outfit of, 61;
not entitled to land, 61;
prosperity of hinges on tobacco, 62;
Virginia land of opportunity for, 71;
profits of from tobacco, 71-72;
in _Burgesses_, 73-74;
prosperous, 74-80;
little hope of advancement for after 1660, 97-100;
few in rent roll of 1704, 122-123.
Freemen,
entitled to headrights, 35;
many come to Virginia, 36;
become small planters, 60-75;
many pay own passage, 81-82.
Freight rates,
high from England, 71-72;
excessive, 90.
Fruit, 12,
abundant in Virginia, 102.
Fuel,
abundant in Virginia, 105.
Gardens,
common in Virginia, 102, 105.
Garnet, John,
buys 600 acres, 50.
George, The,
takes cargo of tobacco to England, 25; 64.
Gilbert, George,
patents land in _James City_, 77, 79.
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey,
voyage to America, 11.
Glass,
possibilities for in Virginia, 15;
beginning made of in Virginia, 17;
early history of in Virginia, 18-19.
Gloucester,
average plantation in, 54;
farms and tithables of, 58; 80; 113;
poor whites of, 151;
small slave holders in, 154;
large slave holders in, 157; 159.
Good, John,
describes poverty in Virginia, 91.
Gooch, Governor,
says large holdings no impediment to settlement, 145;
says poor whites make best tobacco, 147.
Governor,
plants tobacco, 28;
appoints sheriffs, 51;
makes efforts to collect quit rents, 51; 65;
neglects servants, 73; 90; 109;
elected by burgesses, 1652-1660, 112.
Goring, John,
servants and slaves of, 59.
Grain,
abundance of in Virginia, 102.
Graves, Ralph,
his servant valued at £10, 127.
Grey, James,
buys 200 acres, 49.
Grey, John,
his cattle, 101;
inventory of, 106.
Grey, Francis,
Burgess and landowner, 78-79.
Grey, Thomas, 78.
Hakluyt, Richard,
advises colonial expansion, 11;
shows British dependence on Spain, 12;
expects surplus of population in England to emigrate to America,
16; 19.
Hammond, John,
advice to servants, 61;
describes Virginia residences, 104.
Harmar, Charles,
imports slaves, 124.
Harris, John,
_Burgess_ in 1629, 73.
Harrison, Benjamin, 109.
Hart, Henry,
his slave in plot, 128.
Hartwell, Henry,
deals in servants, 48.
Harvey, Sir John,
complains of low prices for tobacco, 65;
asks freedom of trade for Virginia, 68;
testifies to illegal foreign trade, 68-69;
complains of high freight rates, 72;
ejected by people, 110.
Hatfield, James,
landowning freedman, 75.
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