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oad, 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. Wage earners, few in Virginia, 44; mostly recently freed servants, 44. Walker, Robert, has 52 slaves, 158. Warburton, Thomas, patents land in James City, 77. Warden, Thomas, landowner, 79. Warwick, average plantation of, 53; farms and tithables of, 58; 81. Washington, Richard, deals in servants, 48. Watson, John, landowning freedman, 75. Weaver, Samuel, landowning freedman, 75. Webster, Roger, servant, _Burgess_ in 1632, 74. Whitlock, Thomas, will of, 105-106. Williamsburg, 35; 54. Williams, William, buys 200 acres, 50. Wills, throw light on distribution of servants and slaves, 59; 73; headrights mentioned in, 76. Wine, prospect for in Virginia, 15. Woolens, need of potash for, 8; French duty on, 13. Woolritch, William, landowning freedman, 74. Wormsley, Ralph, 109; letter to from _Fitzhugh_, 130. Wray, Thomas, granted 50 acres, 81. Yates, William, has 55 slaves, 158. Yeomanry, largest class in Virginia, 59, 62; freedmen in, 72-82; 85; desperately poor, 90-91; driven to revolt by poverty, 92-93; no advancement for after 1660, 97-100; enjoy plentiful food, 101-103; often suffer for proper clothing, 103-105; _Burgesses_ r
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