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Beginning of slavery in Jamestown
John Rolfe brings African slaves to Jamestown to help harveset tobacco. -
Right to Gain Freedom
Some blacks were able to hold their status as indentured servants and eventually gain their freedom. -
Early Legislation on Slavery
Slavery was permitted in the law of the colony. Legislation decided that children are considered the same status as a mother. -
General Assembly Rules
General Assembly ruled that baptism does not bring freedom. -
Right to Jury
Slaves right to a jury is taken away. -
Slave Laws
Slave Laws were made official. -
Georgia's Ban on Slavery
Georgia retracts its ban on slavery. -
Declaration
Passage rejecting slave trade was taken out of he Declaration of Independence. -
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Southern Abolition
Most Southern States end slave trade to protect plantation investments to avoid overgrowing the slave population -
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Southern Slave Abolition
Most Southern States end slave trade -
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Northern Slave Abolition
Northern States gradually abolish Slavery -
US Constitution
-3/5th Constitution Rule
-permits end of slave trade in 1808
-fugitive slave clause