Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century

"Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century" by Philip Alexander Bruce offers a detailed examination of the material conditions and economic development of the Virginia colony during its formative years. Based on original and contemporary records, this book provides insight into the lives of the early settlers and the economic systems that shaped their society.

Bruce explores various aspects of colonial life, including agriculture, trade, labor, and the role of key commodities such as tobacco. The study sheds light on the challenges and opportunities faced by the colonists as they built a new society in the New World. This historical work offers a valuable resource for those interested in the economic and social dynamics of early America.

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Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century

"Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century" by Philip Alexander Bruce offers a detailed examination of the material conditions and economic development of the Virginia colony during its formative years. Based on original and contemporary records, this book provides insight into the lives of the early settlers and the economic systems that shaped their society.

Bruce explores various aspects of colonial life, including agriculture, trade, labor, and the role of key commodities such as tobacco. The study sheds light on the challenges and opportunities faced by the colonists as they built a new society in the New World. This historical work offers a valuable resource for those interested in the economic and social dynamics of early America.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.

As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century

Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century

by Philip Alexander Bruce
Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century

Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century

by Philip Alexander Bruce

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"Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century" by Philip Alexander Bruce offers a detailed examination of the material conditions and economic development of the Virginia colony during its formative years. Based on original and contemporary records, this book provides insight into the lives of the early settlers and the economic systems that shaped their society.

Bruce explores various aspects of colonial life, including agriculture, trade, labor, and the role of key commodities such as tobacco. The study sheds light on the challenges and opportunities faced by the colonists as they built a new society in the New World. This historical work offers a valuable resource for those interested in the economic and social dynamics of early America.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.

As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781023830669
Publisher: Hutson Street Press
Publication date: 05/22/2025
Pages: 666
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.44(d)

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CHAPTER XII DOMESTIC ECONOMY OF THE PLANTER To inquire into the origin of the planters of Virginia in the seventeenth century would be to enter into a domain which is more distinctly a part of social than economic history. Such an inquiry was justified in the case of servants because they bore the same practical relation to the community as the ordinary beast of burden, only tempered by their human intelligence, which led to their receiving more conscientious treatment from their masters. Nevertheless, even from an economic point of view, it is important to know that the great body of men who sued out patents to public lands in Virginia were sprung from the portion of the English commonwealth that was removed from the highest as well as from the lowest ranks in the community, and which, while in many instances sharing the blood of the noblest, yet as a rule belonged to the classes engaged in the different professions and trades, in short, to the workers in all of the principal branches of English activity. With those powerful traditions animating them, the traditions of race and nationality, blending with the traditions of special pursuits, they had also that enterprising spirit which prompted them to abandon home and country to make a lodgment in the West. It is incorrect to infer that their position in their native land was lacking in advantages because they showed a willingness to emigrate. Of all the modern races, the English have exhibited the most marked disposition to establish colonies. Until the settlement of Virginia, this disposition had had a latent existence only. That region furnished it the earliest opportunity for its display. The colony at Jamestown was the firstswarm which, issuing from the central hive in England, established a permanent home abroad. Sinc...

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