Assertion: tobacco | /r/ObjectUse | used as currency
Facets:
value: for years
type: TEMPORAL
value: by the virginia settlers
type: OTHER
value: in thirteen colonies
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: In Thirteen Colonies, where gold and silver were scarce, tobacco was used as a currency to trade with Native Americans, and sometimes for official purposes such as paying fines, taxes, and even marriage license fees.
text: Tobacco was used as currency by the Virginia settlers for years, and Rolfe was able to make his fortune in farming it for export at Varina Farms Plantation.