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Period: Jan 1, 1501 to Jan 1, 1502
African Americans Sent to America
Spain permitted African Americans to be sent to the U.S -
Period: Jan 1, 1511 to Jan 1, 1512
African slaves arrived in Hispaniola
First African slaves arrived in Hispaniola -
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Maryland Passed A law
• Maryland passed a law under which free white women would lose their freedom if they married a black slave, and under which the children of white women and black men became slaves -
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Maryland passed a law
Maryland became the first of the future states to pass a law making it illegal for free English women to marry "Negro slaves -
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Virginia Passed a Law
Virginia passed a law stating that baptism could not free "slaves by birth