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The rise and fall of slavery
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The first slaves came to America in 1619
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The first documented attempt at a rebellion by slaves took place in Gloucester County, Virginia.
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John Casor, a black man, became the first legally-recognized slave-for-life in the Virginia colony.
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Abolitionist Society Anthony Benezet of Philadelphia founds the world’s first abolitionist society. Benjamin Franklin becomes its president in 1787.
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British Freed slaves they met, Americans tried to recuit some to fight
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George Washington reversed previous policy and allowed the recruitment of blacks as soldiers. Some 5,000 would participate on the American side before the end of the Revolution.
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Eli Whitney patents his device for pulling seeds from cotton. The invention turns cotton into the cash crop of the American South—and creates a huge demand for slave labor.
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The 1857 Dred Scott decision, decided 7-2, held that a slave did not become free when taken into a free state
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Civil war was aggrivated because of the opinons on slavery
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Announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation, after the Battle of Antietam, to go into effect January 1, 1863.
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Slavery Abolished The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution outlaws slavery.
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This cases allowed the upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation even in public accommodations under the doctrine of "separate but equal".
