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  • Tobacco

    John Rolfe began to grow tobacco in Virginia.
  • Sold Africans

    A Dutch ship sold twenty Africans to the colonist in Jamestown.
  • Passed Laws

    Virginia passed laws to stop people from helping runaway enslaved people.
  • Made Laws

    The colonist of Maryland and Virginia made laws that denied blacks their rights.
  • Number of blacks

    The greatest number of blacks were in the colonies of Virginia are 2000 and in Maryland 1190 blacks.

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