The Virginia Company offered a head right of 50 acres to individuals who paid their own passage, to encourage more importation.  Throughout the 1600s, almost 80 percent of immigrants to Virginia were indentured servants, most of whom were young lower-class males. (Schultz, Kevin.  HIST 3, Volume 1: U.S. History Through 1877. Wadworth, Cengage Learning 2014.  Pages 34-35.

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