15 Important Events in Black History By cadenleblanc 1619 African Endentured servants are brought to America 1739 The Stono Rebellion 1770 Boston Mascacare 1775 Thomas Paine publishes anti slavery tract 1780 MA grants African Americans rights to vote 1787 Northwest Ordiance 1789 US Constitution Adopted 1793 First Fugitive Slave Act 1811 Slave Revolt in Louisiana 1820 Missouri Compromise 1850 Compromise of 1850 1859 Last Known Slave Ship Arrives in the US 1865 Abolition of Slavery 1866 1866 Civil Rights Act 1868 First African American Elected Official in Michigan