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headright
[ hed-rahyt ]
noun
- American History. a grant of land, usually 50 acres to a settler, given by certain colonies and companies in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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Origin of headright1
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Example Sentences
It is not conclusively proved, then, that a certain person came as a servant merely because he is listed as a headright.
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The meaning of "headright" was that any person who paid his own way to Virginia would receive 50 acres of land.
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One of these grants by Governor Wyatt is the earliest extant form of the headright franchise.
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Therefore, all persons so listed under the headright claim cannot be considered indentured servants.
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Governors under the company issued patents based on the headright until dissolution by the crown in 1624.
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