Massachusetts is the first colony to legalize slavery
New York makes it illegal for slaves to sell goods.
The Pennsylvania Quakers pass the first formal antislavery resolution
Vermont is the first of 13 colonies to abolish slavery.
Rhode Island forbids the removal of slaves from the state
Virginia prohibits the importation of slaves
Delaware makes it illegal to enslave imported Africans
Slavery is made illegal in the Northwest Territory. The U.S Constitution states that Congress may not ban slave trade until 1808
3/5ths Compromise
A federal fugitive slave law is enacted, providing for the return of slaves who had escaped and crossed state borders
Fugitives slave act-The whole United States outlaws any efforts to impede the caputer of runaway slaves.
United States ban slave trade, and importing African slaves is outlawed, but smuggling continues.
Slave preacher Nat Turner, from Virginia, leads a slave revolt which lasts for two days. Sixty whites were killed until Nat and his followers were hanged