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During Jamestown’s “Starving Time,” some settlers distributed some of their meager corn supply to others who had failed to plant crops. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)
During Jamestown’s “Starving Time,” some settlers distributed some of their meager corn supply to others who had failed to plant crops. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)