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jan 1, 1660 - House Of Burgess Passes Act Permitting Slavery

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This Act allowed black laborers to be enslaved in order to compensated for the shortage of white indentured servants in the Chesapeake and Carolina colonies.

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jan 1, 1660
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~ 366 years ago