Poster of Cast and Crew in Before 1776  Life In The American Colonies - Virginia and the Chesapeake after Smith (Season 1 - Episode 4) - Virginia and the Chesapeake after Smith

Before 1776 Life In The American Colonies - Season 1 - Virginia and the Chesapeake after Smith (Episode 4)

Plot: Discover how tobacco seeds from South America rescued the Virginia colony from extinction but also caused increased conflict with Native Americans. Virginia remained a death-trap for Europeans brought to work in the tobacco fields, which led to a greater reliance on slave labor
Episode Aired On:
Saturday, January 22 2011
14 years ago