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The reason for the British bringing slaves to Virginia was primarily b/c of tobacco..................



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    Tobacco in Colonial Virginia - Encyclopedia Virginia

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    Jan 29, 2013 - The tobacco that the first English settlers encountered in Virginia—the Virginia Indians' Nicotiana rustica—tasted dark and bitter to the English palate; it was John Rolfe who in 1612 obtained Spanish seeds, or Nicotiana tabacum, from the Orinoco River valley—seeds that, when planted in the relatively rich bottomland ...

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  2. Tobacco in Virginia - Virginia Places

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    John Rolfe is credited with importing Nicotiana tabacum seeds, so Virginians could grow a species of tobacco that was less harsh when smoked. Tobacco growing and processing dominated Virginia's economy for over three centuries, and transformed its landscape.

    Tobacco colonies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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    Jump to Virginia - The development of tobacco as an export began in Virginia in 1614 when one of the English colonists, John Rolfe, experimented with a  ...

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  3. The Growth of the Tobacco Trade [ushistory.org]

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    Virginia's economic future did not lie with gold. There was too little gold to be found there. Looking for new ways to make its investments pay dividends, the  ...

    Tobacco in Colonial Virginia - Access Genealogy

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    May 9, 2013 - Tobacco in Colonial Virginia - This collection looks at the roll tobaccoplayed in the history of Jamestown and of Virginia.

    The Struggle of Virginia Tobacco Famers - ABC News

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    Tobacco, the "golden leaf" of Virginia, was once a celebrated crop with farms passed from generation to generation. These days, Virginia farmers say the ...

    Economic Aspects of Tobacco during the Colonial Period ...

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    In 1612 John Rolfe, an Englishman sent with the Virginia Company, found that tobaccowould grow well in Virginia and sell profitably in England. This was  .

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