Nathan T. and Riley B.

By mwaddell

  • Tobacco

    John Rolfe began to grow tobacco in Virginia.

  • Slavery

    Beginning of slave labor in the colonies.

  • Slavery

    Slavery developed in all thirteen colonies.

  • No Helping Slaves Laws

    Virginia passed laws to stop people from helping runaway enslaved persons.

  • No Black Rights

    Maryland and Virginia made laws that denied blacks their rights.

  • Amount of Blacks

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

  • Virginia Passed New Laws

    Enslaved persons could not keep horses ,cattle , or hogs.