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Tobacco in Colonial Virginia Encyclopedia Virginia Colonist John Rolfe became the first settler to successfully grow tobacco (also know as "brown gold") on a commercial scale in 1610. In 1614 the first shipment of tobacco was sent to Settlers roll barrels of tobacco up a ramp and onto a ship in News Photo Getty Images "Tobacco Saves the Colony: How One Crop Transformed Jamestown" Episode : 30 Cities and Towns: Tobacco Towns
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