John Rolfe
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title:
John Rolfe
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John Rolfe was an English explorer, farmer and merchant. He is best known for being the husband of Pocahontas and the first settler in the colony of Virginia to successfully cultivate a tobacco crop for export. He played a crucial role in the Virginia Colony's early economy by introducing a sweeter strain of tobacco from Trinidad, which became a profitable cash crop. Rolfe married Pocahontas, daughter of Native American leader Powhatan, and they had a son named Thomas. Rolfe and Pocahontas trave
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English-born explorer, farmer, and merchant
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rolfe
date created:
2003-10-24T07:05:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T14:40:00Z
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