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The
settlement of Virginia and the
emergence of a planter aristocracy
Page entitled :
Prosperity from tobacco in Virginia under Governor Berkeley
Content of this page is about :
How tobacco richly rewarded planters for their toils in Virginia under
Berkeley's first government and during the Cromwell interregnum
Extract :
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William Berkeley carefully chose the wealthiest and most influential
plantation owners to sit on the Council, men as : Thomas Stegg (the uncle of
William Byrd), Ralph Wormeley I of "Rosegill", Richard Lee, Edward Hill of
"Shirley", Nathaniel Bacon I and John Carter of "Corotoman". Berkeley also
introduced his cousins, Philip and Thomas Ludwell into the colony and gave
them lucrative offices
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