Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century

ECONOMIC HISTORY OF

AN INQUIRY INTO THE MATERIAL CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE, BASED UPON ORIGINAL AND CONTEMPORANEOUS RECORDS

BY

PHILIP ALEXANDER BRUCE

Author of “The Plantation Negro as a Freeman,” and Corresponding Secretary of the Virginia Historical Society

In Two Volumes

New York MACMILLAN AND CO. AND LONDON

1896

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Contents

 * Preface
 * Bibliography

Volume I
 * I. Reasons for the Colonization of Virginia
 * II. Aboriginal Virginia: Its Physical Character
 * III. Aboriginal Virginia: Indian Economy
 * IV. Agricultural Development, 1607-1624
 * V. Agricultural Development, 1624-1650
 * VI. Agricultural Development, 1650-1685
 * VII. Agricultural Development, 1685-1700
 * VIII. Acquisition of Title to Land: The Patent
 * IX. System of Labor: The Servant

Volume II
 * X. System of Labor: The Servant--continued
 * XI. System of Labor: The Slave
 * XII. Domestic Economy of the Planter
 * XIII. Domestic Economy of the Planter--continued
 * XIV. Relative Value of Estates
 * XV. Manufactured Supplies: Foreign
 * XVI. Manufactured Supplies: Foreign--continued
 * XVII. Manufactured Supplies: Domestic
 * XVIII. Manufactured Supplies: Domestic--continued
 * XIX. Money
 * XX. The Town
 * XXI. Conclusion