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Guardians of Jamestown: 1619

Influence of Tobacco on Jamestown

2019 marks the 400th anniversary of the first representative legislative assembly in the New World. Examine this, and other 1619 events, including the arrival of the first recorded Africans to English North America, the recruitment of significant numbers of English women, the first official English Thanksgiving in North America, and the entrepreneurial and innovative spirit of the Virginia Colony.

Influence of Tobacco on Jamestown

Season 1 Episode 5 | 4m 59s

The Jamestown colonists found a new way to make money for The Virginia Company: tobacco. The demand for tobacco eventually became so great, that the colonists turned to enslaved Africans as a cheap source of labor for their plantations. The legacy of tobacco and the tragedy of slavery are forever entwined in Virginia’s history.

Guardians of Jamestown: 1619

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