The Planters of Colonial VirginiaWertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson
History
The Planters of Colonial Virginia
Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson
Slavery -- Virginia; Virginia -- Economic conditions; Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Symonds, Roger,
granted 100 acres, 81.
Taliaferro, Richard,
has 43 slaves, 158.
Tenants,
few in Virginia, 44, 45, 62.
Thoroughgood, Adam,
servant, _Burgess_ in 1629, 73;
_Burgess_ in 1632, 74;
landowner, 75;
brother of _Sir John Thoroughgood_, 75.
Tithables,
those listed as, 56;
in Surry, 56-57;
number of in various counties, 58.
Tobacco,
history of Virginia built on, 20, 23;
Indians revere, 24;
first cured in Virginia by Rolfe, 24;
Virginia suited for, 24;
ready market for, 24;
extensively used in England, 24;
used by James I, 25;
Virginians turn eagerly to culture of, 25;
send first cargo of to England, 25;
London Company displeased at culture of, 25;
England reconciled to, 26;
Virginia's only hope, 26;
Crown tries to divert Virginia from, 27;
cultivation in Virginia universal, 27;
shapes immigration, 29;
requires unskilled labor, 29;
prosperity of freedmen hinges on, 62;
amount of one man could produce, 63-64;
over production of in 1640, 63;
price of prior to 1660, 64-67;
account for migration of 1618-1623, 64;
rich returns from, 64;
restrictions on trade of, 67-69;
growing of in England prohibited, 67;
tax on, 67;
illegal foreign trade in, 68-69;
reëxported from England, 70;
Virginia underbids world in, 70;
returns from, 71-72;
freight on high, 72;
effect of Navigation Acts on, 85-96;
foreign trade in prohibited, 85;
requires world market, 86;
planting in England prohibited, 87;
exports of to Spain, 87;
reëxported, 87;
planted in Holland, 88;
glut in England causes price of to drop, 89-91;
exhausts soil, 105;
Charles I makes offer for, 110;
trade of revives, 115-116;
production of increases, 115-116;
returns from, 116;
reëxports of, 116-120;
production of abroad, 117;
duty on yields crown large revenue, 121;
price of still low at end of 17th century, 123;
slaves adequate to its cultivation, 127-128;
wars interfere with trade in, 131;
slaves cheapen production of, 132;
poor whites produce the best, 146-147;
foreign trade in ruined by war, 148-150;
advantages of large plantations for, 156-157.
Towns,
few in Virginia, 29.
Townsend, Richard,
Burgess in 1629, 73.
Trussell, John,
landowning freedman, 74.
Turnbull, Robert,
has 81 slaves, 158.
Underwood, John,
patents land in _James City_, 77.
Upton, John,
landowning freedman, 75.
Vegetables,
abundant in Virginia, 102.
_Virginia's Cure_,
says Burgesses mostly freedmen, 74.
_Virginia Unmasked_,
describes Virginia houses, 104.
_Virginia Magazine of History and Biography_,
shows that many freedmen migrated to Virginia, 81.
_Virginia Richly Valued_,
advises emigrants as to outfit, 104.
Wages,
high in Virginia, 16; 29; 30;
low in England, 31.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account