The Planters of Colonial Virginia is a historical account on formation of Virginian aristocracy. The author deals with the genesis of colonial landowners who managed to make a fortune in a relatively short period of time thanks to cheap land and slave work-power.
Contents
England in the New World
The Indian Weed
The Virginia Yeomanry
Freemen and Freedmen
The Restoration Period
The Yeoman in Virginia History
World Trade
Beneath the Black Tide