Jamestown slavery timeline
Category: Altro
è stato aggiornato: 17 ott 2018
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Created byTimothy Holland
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"Antonio the negro" is brought to Jamestown"Antonio the negro" recorded in Virginia censusOnly 400 Africans in the jamestown colony compared to 19,000 settlersMassachusets becomes first colony to recoognize slavery legallyVirginia also recognizes slavery: All children born to an enslaved mother is to be enslavedVirginia declares "all servants imported and brought in this county who were not Christians in their native country shall be slaves."England officially part of slave trade
King of England charters Royal African CompanyEnglish Parliament rules that any British subject could trade in slavesPeriodi
Africans brought to British colonies on British ships rises from 5,000 to 45,000
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