seems make the work for farmers like fred burton much easier back in the days of the sarver had to do it physically supported by a lot maybe very like 700 for early 18 hundreds were 1st knowledge that we have. here and one of the. family that was brought down from virginia that knew that the bocher industry so that benefited us with a bocher right for a number of years the back farm has been in. the families in $754.00 fred son john is now the next generation to run the farm the tobacco days are over these days the birds specialized in hay cattle and horse boarding. creadon races the history of the farm openly he still has some objects made by one of the slaves we're proud to have a mile. agriculture it was not the only field of commerce that benefited from slavery . back in the days there were american banks that used to accept slaves as a form of payment and insurance companies made their profit by specializing in slave policies even some universities were found by people who made their fortune through employing slaves floundered years ago the 1st slave ships iraq in virginia markin