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Jamestown | The Great Reforms | 4

American History Tellers

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Jamestown's Great Reforms and the Origins of Slavery

This chapter highlights the pivotal reforms in Jamestown that established a general assembly for self-governance in 1619, alongside the arrival of the first enslaved Africans, marking a significant and tragic turn in American history. It also examines the economic focus on tobacco and the rising tensions between English settlers and the Powhatan people.

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