Virginia planter class

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The Virginia planter class was the wealthy, slaveholding elite of colonial and early American Virginia who dominated the region’s politics, economy, and social life through large tobacco plantations and inherited landholdings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf elite ⓘ
landed gentry ⓘ
social class ⓘ
country Virginia ⓘ
culture Anglo-Virginian gentry culture ⓘ
declinedBecauseOf abolition of slavery after the American Civil War ⓘ
soil exhaustion and economic change ⓘ
declinedDuring 19th century ⓘ
derivedWealthFrom slave labor ⓘ
tobacco exports ⓘ
dominated House of Burgesses ⓘ
Virginia General Assembly ⓘ
regional economy of Virginia ⓘ
social life of Virginia gentry ⓘ
economicBase cash-crop agriculture ⓘ
tobacco plantations ⓘ
educationPattern private tutoring ⓘ
study in Britain for some sons ⓘ
included First Families of Virginia ⓘ
Jefferson family ⓘ
Lee family ⓘ
Randolph family ⓘ
Washington family ⓘ
influenced politics of colonial Virginia ⓘ
politics of early United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterReligion Episcopal Church ⓘ
locatedIn Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Virginia
owned enslaved African Americans ⓘ
enslaved Africans ⓘ
extensive landholdings ⓘ
large plantations ⓘ
partOf Southern planter class ⓘ
slaveholding elite of the American South ⓘ
politicalOrientation leadership in American Revolution ⓘ
support for colonial self-government ⓘ
practiced primogeniture and entail (in colonial period) ⓘ
produced many Founding Fathers of the United States ⓘ
several early U.S. presidents ⓘ
religion Anglicanism (Church of England) ⓘ
socialPractice paternalistic ideology toward enslaved people ⓘ
patriarchal household structure ⓘ
socialStatus gentry ⓘ
wealthy elite ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
colonial era ⓘ
early American republic ⓘ
usedLaborSystem racial chattel slavery ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Randolph → isAssociatedWith → Virginia planter class ⓘ
Bartholomew Dandridge → memberOf → Virginia colonial elite ⓘ
linked to: Virginia planter class
Anne Aylett → memberOf → Virginia planter aristocracy ⓘ
linked to: Virginia planter class
Carter family plantations → partOf → Virginia plantation system ⓘ
linked to: Virginia planter class
First Families of Virginia → associatedWith → Virginia planter aristocracy ⓘ
linked to: Virginia planter class