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The English sovereigns shared in the profits of the trade and encouraged the
Virginians to buy as many black men as they could pay for . Before the American
Revolution , every one of the thirteen colonies held more or less slaves . But the ...
The English sovereigns shared in the profits of the trade and encouraged the
Virginians to buy as many black men as they could pay for . Before the American
Revolution , every one of the thirteen colonies held more or less slaves . But the ...
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Here then was the situation in 1621 : In Florida a few hundred Spaniards held a
fort ( St. Augustine ) on the coast ; at Quebec a small number of French Catholics
, who had gone there in 1608 , held another fort ; on the Hudson River a thrifty ...
Here then was the situation in 1621 : In Florida a few hundred Spaniards held a
fort ( St. Augustine ) on the coast ; at Quebec a small number of French Catholics
, who had gone there in 1608 , held another fort ; on the Hudson River a thrifty ...
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He empowered these two noblemen to collect all landrents and receive all
revenues ; and though they could not actually dispossess any settler who held
his estate by a clear title , they could compel him to prove his title 38 ( 1660-1673
.
He empowered these two noblemen to collect all landrents and receive all
revenues ; and though they could not actually dispossess any settler who held
his estate by a clear title , they could compel him to prove his title 38 ( 1660-1673
.
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To add to the miseries of the colonists , no general election had been held since
Governor Berkeley's restoration to office a period of thirteen years . Such a state
of things virtually deprived the colonists of representation in the Assembly .
To add to the miseries of the colonists , no general election had been held since
Governor Berkeley's restoration to office a period of thirteen years . Such a state
of things virtually deprived the colonists of representation in the Assembly .
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He held his estate “ as a perpetual inheritance , " and by handing it down in the
line of the eldest son could keep his vast property undivided in his family forever .
On the other hand , all emigrants taken or sent out to New Netherland by a ...
He held his estate “ as a perpetual inheritance , " and by handing it down in the
line of the eldest son could keep his vast property undivided in his family forever .
On the other hand , all emigrants taken or sent out to New Netherland by a ...
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