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tobacco: a major import commodity at Hampton Roads (in short tons) Source: Virginia Port Authority, Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 20, 2010, p.92 tobacco production by county, 1890 Source: Library of Congress, Statistical atlas of the United States, based upon the results of the eleventh census (1898) in 1880, tobacco was grown in many counties but the farmers in Southside harvested the greatest amount per acre Source: Library of Congress, "Scribner's Statistical Atlas of the United States," Plate 110: Agriculture (Tobacco) in the 1700's, tobacco was "prized" into hogsheads weighing 1,000 pounds for export to England Source: The Great South
However, it is generally agreed that tobacco was not abandoned extensively in Tidewater before the Revolution