The Planters of Colonial Virginia - Couverture souple

Wertenbaker

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0806346728 ISBN 13 : 9780806346724

Editeur : Genealogical Publishing Company, 2009

Synopsis

Professor Wertenbaker here explains how the headright system, tobacco cultivation, and the importation of slave labor transformed the colony of Virginia from largely a society of yeoman farmers to a planter aristocracy. At the turn of the eighteenth century, however, most Virginia landowners were still self-sufficient small farmers holding a few hundred acres of land. This is borne out by the Rent Roll of Virginia, 1704-1705, a county-by-county breakdown of all landowners and their acreage in the Colony. The closest thing to a census of Virginia for the period, the Rent Roll identifies upwards of 7,000 Virginia landholders. The genealogical importance of this document, of course, cannot be overstated, so it is with much delight that we find it appended to Professor Wertenbaker's narrative. The remainder of the book relates how all of this would change.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Genealogical Publishing Company
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0806346728
• ISBN 13: 9780806346724
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible