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Changing Agriculture of the 19th Century in Fairfax County, Virginia

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  • September 22nd, 2020

From the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia through the mid-19th century, the primary agricultural cash crop of the Commonwealth of Virginia was tobacco. The crop required large acreage (thousands of acres) and cheap labor. The labor was supplied by Africans.

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