Project Gutenberg 2010-05-24 Public domain in the USA. 2187 Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson 1879 1966 Wertenbaker, Thomas J. 59011228 The Planters of Colonial Virginia Produced by Mark C. Orton, Christine Aldridge and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Planters of Colonial Virginia" by Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores the economic and social structures of colonial Virginia, focusing particularly on the role and influence of small planters in shaping society. It likely delves into how these planters navigated the challenges of labor availability, agricultural practices, and the burgeoning tobacco industry in an evolving colonial landscape. The opening of the text sets the stage for a comprehensive examination of the early justification and establishment of English colonies in Virginia. Wertenbaker illustrates the hope that European immigrants had for a better life in the New World, fueled by letters describing the promise of cheap land and a prosperous lifestyle. However, he also highlights the ensuing struggles faced by these yeomen farmers as they faced competition from larger plantations that made use of slave labor, which threatened their economic independence. The text emphasizes the transition from a society dominated by independent small landowners to one increasingly reliant on slavery, discussing the significant implications for both white planters and enslaved Africans in the formation of colonial Virginia. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/32507/32507-h/images/titlepg.jpg Reading ease score: 66.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Slavery -- Virginia Virginia -- Economic conditions F206 Text Category: History - American Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) 1047400 2025-08-13T09:07:06.710051 text/html 1037819 2010-05-24T10:13:50 text/html 264939 2025-08-13T09:07:29.392882 application/epub+zip 273786 2025-08-13T09:07:09.955037 application/epub+zip 273786 2025-08-13T09:07:08.186006 application/epub+zip 580823 2025-08-13T09:07:37.186906 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 597406 2025-08-13T09:07:27.647911 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 597596 2022-09-15T05:00:27.284499 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 667163 2025-08-13T09:07:02.237003 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 667037 2010-05-24T10:13:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 667027 2010-05-24T10:13:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20897 2025-08-13T09:07:37.398835 application/rdf+xml 14390 2025-08-13T09:07:08.505007 image/jpeg 2124 2025-08-13T09:07:08.351979 image/jpeg 191010 2010-05-24T10:13:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 245472 2010-05-24T10:13:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 190950 2010-05-24T10:13:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 241822 2025-08-13T09:07:06.767982 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia