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were very generally educated ; and even still a 
few are sent there, as the veneration for that 
country from whence their ancestors came, 
and with which they were themselves for a 
long time afterwards connected, is by no means 
yet extinguished. 
There is by no means so great a disparity 
now, however, amongst the inhabitants of the 
Northern Neck, as was formerly, and it is be¬ 
coming less and less perceptible every year, 
many of the large estates having been divided 
in consequence of the removal of the proprie¬ 
tors to other parts of the country that were 
more healthy, and many more on account of the 
present laws of Virginia, which do not permit 
any one son to inherit the landed estates of the 
father to the exclusion of his brothers. 
The principal planters in Virginia have 
nearly every thing they can want on their own 
estates., Amongst their slaves are found tay- 
lors, shoemakers, carpenters, smiths, turners, 
wheelwrights, weavers, tanners, &c. I have 
seen patterns of excellent coarse woollen cloth, 
made in the country by slaves, and a variety 
of cotton manufactures, amongst the rest good 
nankeen. Cotton grow s here extremely well; 
the plants are often killed by frost in winter, 
but they always produce abundantly the first 
year in which they are sown. The cotton from 
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