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Any one who paid for their own or another’s passage to Virginia received 50 acres of land known as?

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"Colonists already residing in Virginia were granted two headrights, meaning two tracts of 50 acres each, or a total of 100 acres of land. New settlers who paid their own passage to Virginia were granted one headright. Since every person who entered the colony received a headright, families were encouraged to migrate together."

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The System Was Called The Headright System

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