12 Years a slave- Slavery

1619- First Africans arrived in Virginia

Jan 1, 1619

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p263.html

1643- The practice of slavery becomes legalized

Jan 1, 1643

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/timeline/1641.html

1662- Hereditary Slavery Virginia law decrees that children of black mothers “shall be bond or free according to the condition of the mother.

Jan 1, 1662

1662- Hereditary Slavery Virginia law decrees that children of black mothers “shall be bond or free according to the condition of the mother.

1664- New York and New Jersey legalize slavery

Jan 1, 1664

http://slavenorth.com/newjersey.htm

1666- Maryland passes fugitive law

Jan 1, 1666

http://slavery.msa.maryland.gov/html/antebellum/histlaw.html

1676- In Virginia, black slaves and black and white indentured servants band together to participate in Bacon's rebellion

Jan 1, 1676

https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/bacons-rebellion.htm

1682- Virginia declares that all imported black servants are slaves for life

Jan 1, 1682

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/timeline/1676.html

1684- New York makes it illegal for slaves to sell goods

Jan 1, 1684

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/16/us/politics/us-closing-a-loophole-on-products-tied-to-slaves.html?_r=0

1700- Pennsylvania legalizes slavery

Jan 1, 1700

http://slavenorth.com/pennsylvania.htm

1787- northwest ordinance bans slavery

Jan 1, 1787

https://billofrightsinstitute.org/founding-documents/primary-source-documents/northwest-ordinance/

1793- fugitive slave law, allows owners to cross state lines to recapture their slaves

Jan 1, 1793

http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fugitive-slave-acts

1808- bans importation of slaves

Jan 1, 1808

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_Prohibiting_Importation_of_Slaves

1831- nat turner instigates a slave revolt, he and his followers kill 57 whites but the revolt is unsuccessful and up to 200 slaves are killed

Jan 1, 1831

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6811/

1851- Uncle Tom's Cabin is written

Jan 1, 1851

https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/utc/

1855-1856- a miniature civil war known as bleeding kansas erupts in kansas over the issue of slavery

Jan 1, 1855

http://www.history.com/topics/bleeding-kansas