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Events in Slavery

By TimeCheckChick
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    The Atlantic Slave Trade

  • First Slaves Arrived in Virginia

  • Northwest Oridance

    Northwest Oridance

    Increasing numbers of settlers and land speculators were attracted to what are now the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. This pressure together with the demand from the Ohio Land Company, soon to obtain vast holdings in the Northwest, prompted the Congress to pass this Ordinance The area opened up by the Ordinance was based on lines originally laid out in 1784 by Thomas Jefferson in his Report of Government for Western Lands. The Ordinance provided for the creation of n
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    The Undergorund Railroad was opened

    The underground Railroad was up and running until 1860!

  • Compromise of 1850

    California wanted to enter the union as a free state!
    As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C.

  • African Americans are considered free!

    This is when all slaves are set free!
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    The Civil War

    A war went on for the African-Americans to be free.

  • Segregation Ends

    African Americans gained raights and were able to use the same rooms and schools as Caucasians.
  • Rosa Parks refuses to move.

    Rosa Parks refuses to move.

    African Americans were not allowed to sit in the front.
    But a lady did and she was arrested

  • The March on Washington

    The March on Washington was an event of Bravery and Heroicness. Over 10,000 people marched on Washington that day , Blacks and Whites hand in hand. To stand for Black rights. :)

  • "I Have a Dream" Speech

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYsMartin Luther King gave his speech.