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Jan 1, 1550
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
The Trans-Atlantic Slave trade began. -
First Africans in Colonies
The First Africans in America were brought not as slaves but as indentured servants. They arrived in Jamestown in 1619. They weere traded from a Dutch ship in exchange for food products. -
Slave Codes: inherited slavery
A law was passed that stated that all of the children of a slave were considered slaves from birth, Slavery is now inherited through families. -
Slave Codes: Conversion
Before this slave code, converting to Christianity changed a slave's status into that of a free man or servant. After this point a slave convertinfg to Christianity did not change his status. -
Slave Codes: Murder Legalized
This slave code made it legal for a slave owner to kill a slave while punishing him. -
Slave Codes: No black ownership of white Indentured servants
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Slave Codes: Indentured servants to slaves
As of this slave code, Africans who were currently indentured servants were converted to slaves. -
Slave Codes: Free Blacks Sent Away
This slave code forbade the residence of free Africans in VA. -
Natural Population Increase
For the first time in 1720, slave population increased naturally more than it increased by the importation of slaves. Slaves are having children. -
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Ends