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1st
in 1612 john rolfe started growing tobacco to sell -
the ships
in 1619 ships started sell africans to people that wanted to grow cash crops -
the law
in 1642 virgina made a law that people could not help slaves escape or they would be fined 20 pounds of tobacco -
another law :\ wow
in the 1660s they made a law so the slaves could not marry other races and the could not travel without a not from their owners -
too many slaves
in the 1670s there were too many slaves most of virginna was taken by people -
Period: to
1680s timeline :<
the owners of the plantation relied on the slaves to do every single piece of work that they had. -
in 1692
the slaves could not own horses cattle or hogs -
1700
most people in maryland and virgina were enslaved to work for people who wanted money and riches -
1705
all the people that were slaves were property to the people that owned them -
1750
people gre at least 100 millon pounds of tobacco the price came at loss of human freedom