lux of, 35;
four or five years of service for, 38;
become part of Virginia social fabric, 39;
hardship and perils encountered by, 39;
80 per cent. become freedmen, 40;
prior to 1660 remained in Virginia, 40;
length of service for, 40;
usually young when freed, 41, 42;
estimated at 6,000 in 1671, 41;
"seasoned," 42;
become small part of population, 43;
merchants bring to complete cargoes, 47;
individual orders for, 48;
in immigrant ships, 48;
dealers in, 48;
numbers in 1704, 56;
listed as tithables, 56;
distribution of, 58-59;
not slaves, 60;
like English apprentices, 60;
outfit of on expiration of term, 61;
not entitled to land, 61;
hope to become landowners, 61-62;
Virginia land of opportunity for, 71;
freedmen often purchase, 72;
of early period become prosperous, 73-80;
list of, 78;
proportion of among immigrants, 81-82;
little hope for advancement of after 1660, 96-100;
importation of in Restoration period, 98-99;
inventories which show none, 106-107;
many freed to fight in _Bacon's Rebellion_, 113;
few become landowners at end of 17th century, 112-113;
usefulness of as compared with slaves, 126;
price of, 127;
not always docile, 128;
slave labor curtails importation of, 134;
England opposes migration of, 135;
vast numbers imported, 142.

Seymour, Attorney-General,
tells Virginians to make tobacco, 136.

Sheep,
scarce in Virginia, 102.

Sheriff,
collects quit rents, 51;
draws up rent roll, 52;
unearths false returns, 54-55.

Sherwood, William,
calls _Bacon's_ men rabble, 93.

Shipbuilding,
materials for needed in England, 8;
lack of injures merchant marine, 9;
materials for found in Virginia, 15;
_Capt. Smith_ explains why Virginia cannot produce materials for, 17.

Shurley, Daniel,
landowning freedman, 74.

Sickness, The Virginia,
_Capt. Blewit_ dies of, 18;
glass workers die of, 19;
servants die of, 33;
described, 39;
terrible mortality from, 39, 80;
abates before end of 17th century, 40;
not fatal to slaves, 128.

Silk,
from South Europe, 12;
in Virginia, 15.

Slaughter, John, 80.

Slave trade,
in hands of Dutch, 31;
restrictions on, 45.

Slaves,
adequate for tobacco raising, 29;
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