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Colorized engraving shows men as they load barrels of tobacco onto several ships docked in the James River, Virginia, 1700s. (Photo by Stock Montage/Getty Images)
Colorized engraving shows men as they load barrels of tobacco onto several ships docked in the James River, Virginia, 1700s. (Photo by Stock Montage/Getty Images)