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
Jones, Hugh,
says tenants small part of population, 45; 155;
says negroes make poor artisans, 156.
Jordan, Lt. Col.,
pays taxes on seven tithables, 56.
Kemp, Richard,
says immigrants mostly servants, 82.
King William county,
farms and tithables of, 58.
King and Queen county,
farms and tithables of, 58.
Kinsman, Richard,
makes _perry_, 108.
Knight, Sir John,
says Virginia ready to revolt to Holland, 96.
Labor,
lack of in Virginia, 16;
foreign at Jamestown, 18;
lack of handicaps industry, 19; 20;
in Virginia determined by tobacco, 23;
cheap needed in Virginia, 29;
serious problem, 29;
Indians unsuited for, 30;
slave, 30;
England supplies, 31;
indenture system to supply, 32;
influx of, 35.
Lancaster, 79;
poor planters in, 151;
small slave holders of, 153.
Land,
cheap in Virginia, 29; 45;
transfers of in Surry county, 46;
in York, 46;
in _Rappahannock_, 46;
listed in rent roll of 1704-5, 53;
monopoly of said to cause migration from Virginia, 141-143;
large tracts granted, 142-144.
Land grants,
average extent of, 47;
determined by method of transporting immigrants, 47;
vary greatly in size, 47;
not index to size of plantations, 49.
Landowners,
few large in 17th century, 43;
glad to sell in small parcels, 45;
chiefly small proprietors, 46;
in census of 1626, 46;
in York county, 46;
in Essex, 46;
often avoid quit rents, 51;
listed in rent roll of 1704-5, 53;
small proprietors neglected in history, 54;
often poor men, 55;
many work farms with own hands, 57;
_Government_ expects servants to become, 62;
profits of from tobacco, 71-72.
Larkin, George,
describes large land holdings, 144.
Lawrence, Richard,
landowner, 79.
_Leah and Rachel_, 61.
Lee, Richard,
imports 80 slaves, 125.
Leightenhouse, Thomas, 127.
Linton, John,
estimates colonial tobacco, 115;
estimates amount of reëxported tobacco, 118;
declares Baltic tobacco trade ruined, 148;
describes tobacco raising in Holland, 149.
London Company,
national character of, 13;
plans manufactures for Virginia, 15;
cannot secure laborers for Virginia, 16;
sets up iron works at Falling Creek, 17-18;
displeased at tobacco culture in Virginia, 25;
tobacco only hope of, 26;
expects Virginia to duplicate England, 28;
high price of tobacco pleases, 64; 73; 75.
Ludwell, Philip, 109; 113.
Ludwell, Thomas,
places average tobacco crop at 1200 pounds, 64; 90;
says tobacco worth nothing, 90; 91; 96.
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