jan 7, 1619 - House of Burgesses
Description:
When: July 30, 1619What: First legislative assembly in the American conference. By the late 1660s, this group passed laws promoting discrimination and unfair treatment between blacks and whites.The House of Burgesses performed the law that Africans and their children must be enslaved.
Who: This assembly contained 22 burgesses (people of authority) appointed to represent 11 settlements legislative government that was run by majority vote
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Date:
jan 7, 1619
Now
~ 406 years ago