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... planters , and the highest and most important class in Virginian society . The great planters were the men who owned , ruled , and guided Virginia . Their vast estates were scattered along the rivers from the seacoast to the mountains ...
... planters , and the highest and most important class in Virginian society . The great planters were the men who owned , ruled , and guided Virginia . Their vast estates were scattered along the rivers from the seacoast to the mountains ...
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... planters , sur- rounded by their families and slaves , and in a soli- tude broken only by the infrequent and eagerly welcomed stranger , by their duties as vestrymen and magistrates , or by the annual pilgrimage to Williamsburg in ...
... planters , sur- rounded by their families and slaves , and in a soli- tude broken only by the infrequent and eagerly welcomed stranger , by their duties as vestrymen and magistrates , or by the annual pilgrimage to Williamsburg in ...
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... planters seem to nave laid to heart . For fifty years there were no schools , and down to the Revolution even the ... planter thought little and read less , and there were no learned professions to hold out golden prizes and stimulate ...
... planters seem to nave laid to heart . For fifty years there were no schools , and down to the Revolution even the ... planter thought little and read less , and there were no learned professions to hold out golden prizes and stimulate ...
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... planters managed local affairs through the vestries , and ruled Virginia in the House of Burgesses . To this work they paid strict attention , and , after the fashion of their race , did it very well and very efficiently . They were an ...
... planters managed local affairs through the vestries , and ruled Virginia in the House of Burgesses . To this work they paid strict attention , and , after the fashion of their race , did it very well and very efficiently . They were an ...
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... planters . The luxury was imperfect . The splendor was sometimes barbaric . There were holes in the brocades , and the fresh air of heaven would often blow through a broken window upon the glittering silver and the costly china . It was ...
... planters . The luxury was imperfect . The splendor was sometimes barbaric . There were holes in the brocades , and the fresh air of heaven would often blow through a broken window upon the glittering silver and the costly china . It was ...
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