Endwin Sandys
1618 lasting through the seventeenth century
A "headright" is a legal grant of land to settlers.
The Virginia Company developed the "headright" system to
the headright system resulted in the weathly becoming weathlier
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the system was called the headright system.
A headright typically grants an individual a specific amount of land, often around 50 acres, although this can vary by region and the specific headright system in place. In some cases, such as in colonial Virginia, additional land could be acquired for each person brought to the colony. The headright system was designed to encourage settlement and agricultural development.
It is the policy that the English used to promote colonization. Indentured servants were promised 50 acres of land once their servitude was completed which in turn led a mass movement to the new world.
landowners