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1612
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1619
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A Dutch slave trader arrives in Jamestown, Virginia, exchanging the cargo of African slaves for food.
1620
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In late December, the Mayflower anchored at Plymouth Rock.
1621
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According to Dutch law, the children of manumitted slaves are bound to slavery.
1640
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Except for black servants or slaves. Free blacks still retained their firearms
1641
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Massachusetts becomes the first British colony to legalize slavery
1642
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Virginia colony enacts a law to fine those who harbor or assist runaways. Slaves are branded after a second escape attempt.
1661
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Between 1700 and 1773, more than 80,000 slaves were imported into the colony.
1662
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Virginia passes another slave law declaring that "Baptisme doth not alter the condition of the person as to his bondage or freedome."
1662
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A slave code stating that a child born of a slave mother will be retained the slave status, regardless of its father's legal status or color