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Black history in America
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Slavery Comes to America
To satisfy labor needs, begining in 1619 slavery was used in the Americas. Historians esteimate that 16 to 17 million slaves were brought to the new world in the 18th century alone. -
Cotton is king
With the invention of the cottin gin and the demand for a new cash crop in the US cotton demanded an increase in African American slaves -
Fugitive Slave Act
In 1793 Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act which made it illegal to assist a runaway slave. -
Nat Turners Rebellion
In August 1831 Nat Turner and followers rebelled against their slave owner by killing them then set out to take over an armory and more followers. They killed some 60 whites in the process. But rebellion came to a stop when the state militia came in. Only effective slave rebellion in US history. -
Abolitionists and the Underground Railroad
Through the effort of slaves and groups of white settelers the idea of abolition was spreading. The Liberater was a famous abolitionist newspaper founded by William Lloyd Garrison. Anti Slavery northerners began helping run away slaves escape through a series of safe houses and places know as the Underground Railroad. Most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad was Harriet Tubman. -
Dred Scott
On March 6, 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Scott v. Sanford, delivering a resounding victory to southern supporters of slavery and arousing the ire of northern abolitionists. During the 1830s, the owner of a slave named Dred Scott had taken him from the slave state of Missouri to the Wisconsin territory and Illinois, where slavery was outlawed, according to the terms of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Upon his return to Missouri, Scott sued for his freedom on the basis -
Emancipation Proclimation
Freed all slaves -
13th Amendment
Officially abolished slavery in the US -
Hamburg Massicre
Local people riot against African Americans when they are trying to celebrate the 4th of July -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation even in public accommodations under the doctrine of "separate but equal".