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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.18 (search)
a truly grand destiny this would be for the Afro-American. The Virginian planter was essentially a transplanted Englishman in tastes and convictions, and emulated the amenities and the culture of the mother country. The ease with which wealth was acquired, in planting, fostered the habits of personal indulgence and generous expenditure into which he was led by hereditary characteristics. They live in the same neat Manner, dress after the same Modes, and behave themselves exactly as the Gentry in London, most Families of any Note having a Coach, Chariot, Berlin or Chaise. Hugh Jones' Present State of Virginia, 1724, page 32. Hardy sports and habitual exercise in the saddle intensified his self-reliance and instinct of command. From the meeting of the first Assembly, in 1619, the colonists enjoyed all the privileges of Englishmen. They were loyal to the Crown. The inconveniences arising from their distance from the throne were counterbalanced by advantages resulting from