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A Short History of the United States

CHAPTER 5
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Men with money came over from England.

They brought many workingmen with them and planted large pieces of ground.

Soon tobacco became the money of the colony, and the whole life of Virginia turned on its cultivation.

But it was difficult to find enough laborers to do the necessary work.
[Sidenote: White servants.] [Sidenote: Criminals.] [Sidenote: Negro slaves, 1619.] 35.

Servants and Slaves .-- Most of the laborers were white men and women who were bound to service for terms of years.


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