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This states that if a child's mother is a Slave or was previously enslaved then the civil status of the child would be enslaved.
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Quakers began to settle in Pennsylvania.
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By 1720 women made up 1/3 of the slave population in Maryland and the population began to increase naturally.
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By 1738 over 100 South Carolina slaves had escaped to Spanish Florida and formed a free black militia company at St. Augustine.
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By 1750 slaves made up 40% of the Population in parts of Chesapeake-over 75% were American born
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This was a war between France and Britain that began in North America. The war ended with Great Britain winning and France was forced to withdraw from North America.
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The Sugar Act passed. This was to raise renevue for Britain rather than simply to regulate American trade.
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This act was passed in which taxed glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea imported into the colonies from Britain.
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British troops fired into an angry crowd and killed five Bostonians.
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Massavana leads revolt with other slaves when slave owners gave them weapons to clean. Massavana was the first freedom fighter to lead a revolt which took place on the Meermin, a ship used through the Middle Passage.
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By the time slave trade had ended, the English had transported 1.7 million Africans.
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The Atlantic Slave trade was the last Slave Trade and 9.5 million Slaves were imported to America.
