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During the first six months of 1770, the colonies imported over 400 tons of hemp from. Great Britain, 3,400 tons in 1800, and about 5,000 tons were imported.
An- other major factor was that the hemp seed imported from England was often improp- erly stored aboard ship and was unSt for sowing upon arrival in Virginia.