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The first tobacco crop is raised in Jamestown, Virginia.
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At Jamestown, Virginia, approximately 20 captive Africans are sold into slavery in the British North American colonies.
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Slaves arrived in america.
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The Dutch West India Company imports 11 black male slaves into the New Netherlands.
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North America's slave trade begins when the first American slave carrier, Desire, is built and launched in Massachusetts.
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John Punch, a runaway black servant, is sentenced to servitude for life. Punch is the first documented slave for life.
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New Netherlands law forbids residents from harboring or feeding runaway slaves.
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Massachusetts is the first colony to legalize slavery.
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Connecticut legalizes slavery.
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Rhode Island passes laws restricting slavery and forbidding enslavement for more than 10 years.
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Virginia makes a law of slavery meaning that a child born to an enslaved mother inherits her slave status.
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Maryland legalizes slavery.
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New York and New Jersey legalize slavery
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Maryland is the first colony to take legal action against marriages between white women and black men.
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South Carolina passes the first comprehensive slave codes.
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Pennsylvania legalizes slavery
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Connecticut assigns the punishment of whipping to any slaves who disturb the peace or assault whites.
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The Slave Trade Act 1807 or the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act 1807, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on 25 March 1807, with the title of "An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade".
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The Wilmot Proviso, issued on August 8th, 1846 by Pennsylvania Democratic Congressman David Wilmot, was an amendment to Democratic President James K. Polk's appropriation bill for the funding of newly acquired territories.
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1855 – 1861
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Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court Case