jayden zimmerman & savannah spanellis By mwaddell Period: Nov 10, 1612 to Nov 11, 1612 1612 John Rolfe began to grow tobacco in Virginia Period: Nov 10, 1619 to Nov 11, 1619 1619 A Dutch ship sold twenty Africans to the colonists in Jamestown Period: Nov 10, 1642 to Nov 11, 1642 1642 Virginia passed laws to stop people from helping runaway enslaved persons