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How to use headright in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word headright? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
Que had three headrights and both daughters had a full headright and a fractional headright, worth a considerable amount of money.
By 1846 we had moved past the line of settlement, to my father's headright on the Pedernales.
The headright system tried to solve the labor shortage by providing colonists with land for each indentured servant they transported to Virginia.
Under local laws, Johnson was at risk for losing some of his headright lands for violating the terms of indenture.
Examples from Classical Literature
This headright system was later adopted in other colonies and continued in use for generations.
One of these grants by Governor Wyatt is the earliest extant form of the headright franchise.
Therefore, all persons so listed under the headright claim cannot be considered indentured servants.
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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