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This day marks the widespread killing of the Pequot tribe by folks in the (at the time) Connecticut colony, during the Pequot war. The English from the said colony would attack the Pequot land by the Mystic river, burning their settlements and killing most of their men, women, and children too. This day would lead to the near extinction of the Pequot people. However, few still held a small reservation in Connecticut and eventually would regrow the population. -
This was a slave revolt that took place in Virginia. Led by Nat Turner, a preacher, he and so many more slaves started their rebellion and it would eventually results in more than 50 casualties of white people after the course of a few days. The long term effects of this revolt would be the pushing back of any hope for freedom and the abolishment of slavery, lowering the spirits of slaves across the states. It instilled an everlasting fear among slave owners. -
On this day the Supreme Court finally made the decision that, no matter if they’re freed or enslaved, black people cannot be considered U.S. Citzens regardless of the state. This means that the Missouri compromise would no longer be taken into consideration, being deemed unconstitutional. Overall, this caused a major setback in the ongoing fight that the minorities of the U.S. been standing on for centuries, meaning they’d have to continue fighting for yet another. -
The president during this time, Abraham Lincoln, is responsible for the emancipation proclamation; mainly for the sake of avoiding a worse war and other economic reasons. Basically it states that any enslaved people would now be free within rebelling states, thus pushing forward against slavery and drawing the U.S. closer and closer to the complete abolishment of slavery. -
this day marks the moment that the 13th amendment to the constitution is passed, finally abolishing slavery within the nation. It goes on to prove to be one of the most significant and important amendments that have been made, instilling hope into those who were former slaves and those who were still (and soon to be freed) enslaved) that they could soon leave this dark part of life behind for good, at least within the U.S. -
The 14th amendment enforces that any individual brown within the U.S. is automatically considered a citizen and is thus given the default rights that apply to one; this includes those who were formerly enslaved. This would prove to be such a significant moment in history. (And thus the civil war) because of the controversy that it would spark, soon turning out to be almost never ending as it has still seemed to last into modern day politics on the discussion of immigration. -
this amendment yet only further pushes back the entirety of discrimination, specifically within the voting field. It says that no states have the ability to deny a citizen their vote just because of their bias based on gender or race, or any other aspect of the individual that they feel the need to discriminate.