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  • Cash Crop

    Tobacco became a cash crop in Virginia the year 1612
  • Cash Crop

    Tobacco became a cash crop in Virginia in the year 1612
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    Cashing in on Crops

    Tobacco quickly became a Cash Crop in 1612
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    Cash Crops

    Dutch ship sold twenty Africans to the colonistis in Jamestown
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    In 1642 Virginia passed laws to stop people from helping runaway enslaved persons
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    Slaves could not travel unless they have a note from their owners .Slavery became a law in Maryland in 1664
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    The grayest number of blacks were in the colonies of Virginia 2000 blacks and Marland 1190 blacks
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    In 1692 Virginia passed new laws Enslaved person could not keep horses cattl or hogs.
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    By the year 1700 22 pecent of the people living in Virginia and Maland were enslaved