Sept. 11, 1998
Bust, Boom, Bondage, and Rebellion in Virginia
Early English Colonial Efforts in America
Planting Jamestown
Virginia Company
Choice of location
Rediscovery of James Fort
- Social attitudes
- Governance
- John
Smith
- Powhatan
Growth, Reform, Royal Takeover
Tobacco
Headrights
Common law
House of Burgesses
Indian attack of 1622
Royal takeover (1624)
The Workforce of Early Virginia
White indentured servants
Black slaves
Explanations for the emergence of slavery
Bacon’s Rebellion
Declining death rate
Land engrossment
Ex-servants’ frustration
Berkeley, Bacon, and the events of 1675-76
Historical significance
Towards a Slave Society
Shift in labor supply
Slave code of 1705