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SCOUT· 66%10m·2026-04-17·HistoryExcerpt: Virginia, pt. 1 -- The Successful Failure, 1607-1646
Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
Virginia began from a small, undersupplied wooden fort immersed in a brackish and malarial marsh to become, after 30 years, the largest and most valuable colony in North America, pulling in thousands of indentured workers and African slaves each year and pumping out millions of pounds of tobacco. In achieving this…
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