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How the Pilgrims Took A Risk
and produced abundance beyond their needs

By Robert Folsom
11/24/2010 1:45:00 PM

Here's the little-known part of the story: The harvest in 1622 was another failure, to the point that the remaining Pilgrims faced starvation. So in the spring of 1623 the Pilgrims decided to take a calculated risk. They allocated individual plots of land for ownership among the families and members of the colony. In turn, each of the new owners was responsible for their property and for what it would yield...

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