Life in the Chesapeake Tobacco plantation in Virginia.

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Life in the Chesapeake Tobacco plantation in Virginia

Tobacco in Virginia John Rolfe introduced tobacco Role of wife Pocahontas Tobacco used for pleasure and medicine in England Economic salvation for Virginia

What can the year 1619 tell us? 1 st Legislature set up in Virginia 90 women sent to Jamestown & sold for 120 pounds of tobacco 1621 = Women sold for 150 pounds of tobacco 20 African slaves arrived in North America

Maryland Proprietary colony for Lord Baltimore & family Designed as a Catholic refuge Early map of Maryland

Indentured Servants 3 – 7 years of work Not allowed to marry 1600 = 1,500 – 2,000 arrived in Virginia Mostly men Some women, Irish families, & American orphans

Convict Labor 50,000 convicts arrived after 1718 Most went to the Chesapeake & Georgia Property crime Did not receive benefits after servitude

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