Virginia's Indentured Servants' Plot
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Virginia's Indentured Servants' Plot
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A sizable indentured servants' uprising occurred in Virginia in 1661 over the issue of adequate food. The customary ration for servants at the time included meat three times a week. When a planter named Major Goodwin decided to keep his servants on a diet of cornbread and water, discontent followed. Leaders of the servants named Isaac Friend and William Cluton determined to petition the king for redress. According to one witness, the plot became more troublesome to the plantation owners when Isa
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