Slavery Laws
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Updated: 13 Dec 2018
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Created byJessica Jago
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The first Africans were brought into the 13 ColoniesJohn Casor becomes the first legal slave in the ColoniesBlacks are given the right to own indentured servantsVirginia laws decrees that children are born to the status of their motherEleanor Butler marries a slave named Charles. Thus she becomes a slave and as do her children. Eleanor Butler was born a free white woman.Virginia law forbids Blacks from marrying WhitesMass. declines the Felix petitionThe fugitive slave clause is passedSlave Trade is OutlawedSlaves are promised freedom in Upper Canada by the Attorney GeneralThe Dred Scott CaseThe 13th AmendmentPeriods
Spanish Florida promises freedom to runaway slavesSlavery is legalSegregation
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