Mother Earth: Land Grants in Virginia, 1607-1699

"Mother Earth: Land Grants in Virginia, 1607-1699" by Walter Stitt Robinson is a mid-20th century record of how the quest for land drove the growth of Virginia from its earliest days to the close of the 1600s. It looks at why people wanted land, what rules governed how it was handed out, and how the English settlers interacted with the Native American tribes already there, explaining the roots of who owned land in America. Land was a big reason why people from different walks of life in Europe wanted to come to Virginia and become a part of the American identity, which ended up creating stress with the Native Americans due to questions land ownership, rights, and power.