Ka cika wannan jumla: Rayuwa a cikin mulkin mallaka yana da haɗari, kuma mutane da yawa sun mutu a lokacin lokacin yunwa a shekara ta 1609 da kuma a cikin wani
jerin rikice-rikice tare da Powhatan Confederacy wanda ya fara a 1610, kuma ya sake tashi a 1622, lokacin da ɗan'uwan Powhatan ya jagoranci, Opechancanough. 3,400 ne kawai daga cikin mazauna 6,000 na farko suka tsira a shekara ta 1624. Duk da haka, bukatar taba daga Turai ta sa ƙarin mazauna da kuma bayi suka zo. Tsarin shugabanci ya yi ƙoƙari ya magance ƙarancin ma'aikata ta hanyar samar da masu mulkin mallaka tare da ƙasa ga kowane bawan da suka yi aiki da su zuwa Virginia. An fara shigo da ma'aikatan Afirka zuwa Jamestown a 1619 da farko a karkashin dokokin bautar da aka yi. Canjin zuwa tsarin bautar Afirka a Virginia ya samo asali ne daga shari'ar shari'a na John Punch, wanda aka yanke masa hukuncin bautar rai da rai saboda ƙoƙarin tserewa daga bautar a 1640, da kuma John Casor, wanda Anthony Johnson ya yi ikirarin cewa shi bawansa ne a rayuwa a 1655. Bauta ta fara bayyana a cikin dokokin Virginia a cikin 1661 da 1662, lokacin da doka ta sanya shi gado bisa matsayin mahaifiyar.