Jamestown slavery timeline

"Antonio the negro" is brought to Jamestown

"Antonio the negro" recorded in Virginia census

Only 400 Africans in the jamestown colony compared to 19,000 settlers

Massachusets becomes first colony to recoognize slavery legally

Virginia also recognizes slavery: All children born to an enslaved mother is to be enslaved

Virginia 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 Company

English Parliament rules that any British subject could trade in slaves

Africans brought to British colonies on British ships rises from 5,000 to 45,000