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John Rolfe began to grow tobacco in Virginia.
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In 1612, John Rolfe began to grow tobacco in Virginia.
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In 1619, a Dutch ship sold twenty Africans to he colonists in Jamestown.
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In 1642, Virginia passed laws to stop people from helping runway enslaved persons.
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In the 1660s, the colonies of Maryland and Virginia made laws that denied blacks and their rights.
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By 1670, the greatest number of blacks were in the colonies of Virginia (2000 blacks) and Maryland (1190 blacks.)
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Seven percent of the people in Virginia and Maryland were enslaved persons in 1680.
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in 1692, Virginia passed new laws. Enslaved persons could not keep horses, cattle, or hogs.
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By the year 1700, 22 percent of the people living in Virginia and Maryland were enslaved.
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From 1705-1710, more than twice as many Africans arrived in colonial America than during all of the 1600s.
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A slave code "Act Concerning Servant and Slave" in Virginia stated in 1705 that all enslaved persons were property.
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By the year 1750, 31 percent of the people living in Maryland were enslaved persons.
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By 1775, Virginia and Maryland grew more than 100 million pounds of tobacco a year.