A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . ouswhites became managers on theplantations or small farmers andtenants, laboring with their own J^ihands, it is true, but in fact and ^r | feeling independent, and on friendlyterms with their wealthy neighbors,whose equals they were in birth,and companions in their sports andcomrades in the frequent wars withthe Indians. Class Distinctions Abolished.—The war of the Revolution didmuch to remove all class distinc-tions in Virginia. Jeffersons Dec-laration of Independence, his billabolishing the old English laws ofentail and primogeniture,
A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . ouswhites became managers on theplantations or small farmers andtenants, laboring with their own J^ihands, it is true, but in fact and ^r | feeling independent, and on friendlyterms with their wealthy neighbors,whose equals they were in birth,and companions in their sports andcomrades in the frequent wars withthe Indians. Class Distinctions Abolished.—The war of the Revolution didmuch to remove all class distinc-tions in Virginia. Jeffersons Dec-laration of Independence, his billabolishing the old English laws ofentail and primogeniture, and hisbill for religious freedom, all combined to sweep awayclass distinctions and make Virginia one great and friendlycommunity of proud and independent white men. If anytrace of unfriendliness between the rich and poor re-mained amongst us, our last great war forever swept itaway. For four long years the rich mans son and thepoor mans son stood shoulder to shoulder, enduring the •Presented by the Ladies Clay Monument Association, April 12, STATUE OF HENRY CLAY.* 212 History of Virginia and Virginians. same privations, encountering together the same dangers,sleeping together, eating together, and fighting togetherfor the same principles. They together present to theworld to-day a harmonious and self-respecting communitysuch as can be found in no other country. What Virginians Have Accomplished.—I hope I havemadje you see, my young Virginia friends, how a few
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