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02. Fox, William, has 25 slaves, 153. France, exports wine and silk, 12; British trade with declines, 13; tobacco trade to, 119; trade to injured by war, 131. 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 L10, 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, a
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