George Yeardley
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title:
George Yeardley
text:
Sir George Yeardley was a planter and colonial governor of the colony of Virginia. He was also among the first slaveowners in Colonial America. A survivor of the Virginia Company of London's ill-fated 1609 Third Supply Mission, whose flagship, the Sea Venture, was shipwrecked on Bermuda for ten months, he is best remembered for presiding over the initial session of the first representative legislative body in Virginia in 1619. With representatives from throughout the settled portion of the colon
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wiki
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description:
Colonial governor of Virginia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Yeardley
date created:
2004-06-15T14:37:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T06:37:10Z
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