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Headright system

way to attract immigrants; gave 50 acres of land to anyone who paid their way and/or any plantation owner that paid an immigrants way; mainly a system in the southern colonies.

Subject: 
US History [1]
Vocabulary: 
Chapter 4 - American Life in the Seventh Century [2]
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