Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century

by Philip Alexander Bruce

ECONOMIC HISTORY
OF
VIRGINIA IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

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

All rights reserved

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