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Slaves codes were state laws established to determine the status of slaves and the rights of their owners. Slave codes placed harsh restrictions onslaves' already limited freedoms, often in order to preempt rebellion or escape, and gave slave owners absolute power over their slaves.

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Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745 – 31 March 1797), known in his lifetime as Gustavus Vassa (/ˈvæsə/), was a prominent African in London, a freed slave who supported the British movement to end the slave trade.

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The Maryland Toleration Act, also known as the ActConcerning Religion, was a law mandating religioustolerance for Trinitarian Christians. It was passed on April 21, 1649, by the assembly of the Maryland colony, in St. Mary's City.

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Bacon's Rebellion. noun. 1. an unsuccessful uprising by frontiersmen in Virginia in 1676, led by Nathaniel Bacon against the colonial government in Jamestown.

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Indentured servants were men and women who signed a contract (also known as an indenture or a covenant) by which they agreed to work for a certain number of years in exchange for transportation to Virginia and, once they arrived, food, clothing, and shelter.

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Matoaka means "Bright Stream Between the Hills"; Amonute cannot be translated. ... Pocahontas, as a Powhatan marrying an Englishman, may have been seen by herself and by her contemporaries as being also, potentially, a matriarchal figure of two distinct peoples.

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Noun. 1. John Smith - English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas (1580-1631) Captain John Smith, Smith.

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Jamestown definition. The first permanent English settlement in North America, founded in 1607 in Virginia. Jamestown was named for King James I of England.