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Cash Crop
John Rolfe began to grow tobacco in Virginia. -
Slavery
A dutch ship sold twenty Africans to the colonists in Jamestown. -
Slavery
Virginia passed laws to stop people from helping runaway enslaved persons. -
No Black Rights
The colonies of Maryland and Virginia made laws that denied blacks their rights. -
Black slavery
The greatest number of blacks were in the colonies of Virginia (2000 Blacks) and Maryland(1190 blacks)