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Tobacco
John Rolfe began to grow tobacco in Virginia. -
Slavery
Beginning of slave labor in the colonies. -
Slavery
Slavery developed in all thirteen colonies. -
No Helping Slaves Laws
Virginia passed laws to stop people from helping runaway enslaved persons. -
No Black Rights
Maryland and Virginia made laws that denied blacks their rights. -
Amount of Blacks
The greatest number of blacks were in the colonies of Virginia and Maryland. -
Virginia Passed New Laws
Enslaved persons could not keep horses ,cattle , or hogs.