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08/20/1619 |
Slavery in the British Colonies begins in Virginia. |
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02/26/1638 |
Slave Trade is first mentioned in Boston. |
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1638 |
Samuel Maverick purchases three of the Africans brought to Boston on the Desire. |
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1640 |
Ship carrying two enslaved people is turned away from Boston by the General Court. |
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12/10/1641 |
Slavery is legalized in Massachusetts. |
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1644 |
Rainbow sails from Boston for West Africa. |
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07/31/1645 |
Rainbow returns to Boston with two kidnapped enslaved men on board. |
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10/01/1645 |
Practice of stealing Negroes in Africa is condemned by the General Court. |
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1650 |
Enslaved people are sold in Boston. |
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1672 |
Royal African Company is granted a monopoly on the slave trade in London. |
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