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1662
In 1662, Virginia decreed the iron conditions for slavery for blacks. These slave codes said that blacks and their children belonged to their white masters permanently. Some colonies made it a crime to teach their slaves to read and write. Conversion to Christianity no longer assured freedom for slaves. -
1670 and 1680s
In 1670, Africans only numbered to around 2,000 in Virginia even though they have been there since 1619 out of around 35,000 people. By the middle of 1680, Africans finally outnumbered the white servants in the plantations. -
1676
In 1676, virginia settlers ventured to Jamestown to fight the indians. They were led by Nathaniel Bacon, rebelling against Governor Berkeley's word. They chased Berkeley from Jamestown, burning it down afterwards. Bacon was deemed as a rebel. He died from a disease, yet no one knows where his body lays. -
1692
In Salem, Massachusetts, a group of teenage girls claimed to have been bewitched by older women. This caused the start of the witch hunts in Salem. 20 people were killed, nineteen were hung and one was crushed to death. 2 dogs were put to death as well. -
1712 and 1739
In 1712, a slave revolt occurred in New York. In result of it, 12 whites were killed and 21 blacks were executed. Another revolt occurred in South Carolina in along the Stono River in 1739, but they were stopped by the militia. -
1720
By around 1720, the proportion of female slaves in the Chesapeake slave population had began to rise. The slave population soon began to grow not only because more Africans were coming over but because the slaves were having kids with other slaves. This made the slaves in the Chesapeake colony special because they are one of the few colonies to have slaves grow in size due to it's natural reproduction.