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House of Burgesses; Negro Women's children
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. -
Quakers
Quakers began to settle in Pennsylvania. -
Women Slaves
By 1720 women made up 1/3 of the slave population in Maryland and the population began to increase naturally. -
South Carolina, Stono Rebellion
By 1738 over 100 South Carolina slaves had escaped to Spanish Florida and formed a free black militia company at St. Augustine. -
Slave population in Chesapeake
By 1750 slaves made up 40% of the Population in parts of Chesapeake-over 75% were American born -
Seven Years' War
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. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act passed. This was to raise renevue for Britain rather than simply to regulate American trade. -
Townshend Acts
This act was passed in which taxed glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea imported into the colonies from Britain. -
Boston Massacre
British troops fired into an angry crowd and killed five Bostonians. -
The Meermin Slavery Revolt
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. -
England Abolished Slave Trade
By the time slave trade had ended, the English had transported 1.7 million Africans. -
End of Slave Trade
The Atlantic Slave trade was the last Slave Trade and 9.5 million Slaves were imported to America.
