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The Labor Problem at Jamestown, 1607-1618
By
Edmund S. Morgan


In 1502, Columbus set sailed on his last voyage to the New World. The year 1606, James I issues a charter to the Virginia Company for tract of land along the mid-Atlantic coast. This led to Jamestown. The first settlement in America was Jamestown. It was established in 1607 with a 104 male settlers, which was led my John Smith. This article is about the early hard times with Jamestown. Soon it led up to the American Revolution, but the article only goes up to 1618. The article overall idea was the problem with labor in Jamestown. It talked about the people, laws, wealth, etc. The main points in this article were: Spanish discovers, Native American troubles, and working conditions. It seems to my that the author wrote this article because to educated others, and to show the conditions and problems they had in Jamestown that led to slavery. The thesis of this article is, “ But in the absence of direct evidence we......

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