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NEGRO LABOR. 



as they did Indian corn and cultivating little patches of it 

 near their wigwams choosing the most fertile soil thfr 

 females of the tribe being the actual cultivators. 



From this time forward both colonies developed into 



NATIVES GROWING TOBACCO. 



strong and flourishing plantations and with each succeeding 

 year increased the cultivation of tobacco which had now 

 become more extensively cultivated than all the other pro- 

 ducts combined. Its culture however was looked upon 

 with the same disapproval by Charles II. who confirmed the 

 old laws against its sale and cultivation. But notwithstand- 

 ing the remonstrances of the Stuarts the plant grew in use 

 and favor and could not be uprooted even by a kingly hand. 

 The early cultivators of the plant received a fresh impetus 

 from the importation of a new species of labor in the form 

 of Negro slaves brought from the West India islands. They 



