11 Allan Kulikoff has brought together the results of many research projects on tenancy in the Chesapeake colonies:
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Percent of |
Number of |
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Households |
Households |
Place |
Year |
Owning Land |
Altogether |
Prince George’s Co., Md. |
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Charles and Calvert Cos., Md. |
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Northern Neck, Va. |
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Fairfax Co., Va. |
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Richmond Co., Va. |
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James City Co., Va. |
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Tidewater Virginia |
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Source: Kulikoff, Tobacco and Slaves, 135, citing research by Lois Green Carr, Gregory Stiverson, Jackson Turner Main and Norman Risjord, in addition to his own inquiries.
12 Andrews, Colonial Folkways, 35.
13 Willard F. Bliss, “The Rise of Tenancy in Virginia,” VMHB 58 (1958), 427-41.