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;
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