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VIRGINIA CODE MAKES ALL NON-CHRISTIAN SERVANTS ENTERING COLONY ENSLAVED AND ALL ENSLAVED BECOME PROPERTY
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Rhode Island prohibits the clandestine importation of black and Indian slaves.
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An alleged slave revolt in New York City leads to violent outbreaks. Nine whites are killed and eighteen slaves are executed.
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New York enacts a fugitive slave law.
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SPANISH FLORIDA PROMISES FREEDOM AND LAND TO FREEDOM SEEKERS FOUNDING OF FORT MOSE IN SPANISH FLORIDA FOR FLEEING BONDSMEN
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Rebellion (sometimes called Cato's Conspiracy or Cato's Rebellion) was a slave rebellion that began on 9 September 1739, in the colony of South Carolina. It was the largest slave uprising in the British mainland colonies, with 25 colonists and 35 to 50 Africans killed.
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NORTH CAROLINA ENACTS LAW TO PROSECUTE ANY PERSON ASSISTING FREEDOM SEEKERS
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VIRGINIA PLACES BOUNTY ON AFRICANS ESCAPING TO MAROON COMMUNITIES IN GREAT DISMAL SWAMP
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ANTHONY BENEZET FOUNDS PENNSYLVANIA ABOLITION SOCIETY BATTLES AT LEXINGTON AND CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS LORD DUNMORE'S PROCLAMATION OFFERING FREEDOM TO ENSLAVED SERVING WITH BRITISH ARMED FORCES AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.
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SOCIETY OF FRIENDS FORBIDS SLAVERY BY MEMBERS VERMONT AMENDS STATE CONSTITUTION TO BAN SLAVERY
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WITH OWNER'S PERMISSION VIRGINIA FREES THOSE WHO SERVED IN COLONIAL MILITARY
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A constitutional convention is a gathering for the purpose of writing a new constitution or revising an existing constitution.
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NORTHWEST ORDINANCE FORBIDS SLAVERY IN NORTHWEST TERRITORY
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FOUNDING OF MOTHER BETHEL AME CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA BY REV. RICHARD ALLEN SECOND GREAT AWAKENING CONVERTS MANY ENSLAVED TO CHRISTIANITY
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ELI WHITNEY INVENTS THE COTTON GIN
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GABRIEL PROSSER REVOLT IN RICHMOND