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Jan 1, 1501
African slaves in new world
African Slaves in the New World Spanish settlers bring slaves from Africa to Santo Domingo (now the capital of the Dominican Republic). -
Jan 1, 1522
Slave Revolt: the Caribbean island
Slave Revolt: the Caribbean Slaves rebel on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, which now comprises Haiti and the Dominican Republic. -
Jan 1, 1562
Britain Joins Slave trade
Britain Joins Slave Trade John Hawkins, the first Briton to take part in the slave trade, makes a huge profit hauling human cargo from Africa to Hispaniola. -
Apr 19, 1581
slaves in florida
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Slaves in Jamestown, Virginia
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Hereditary slavery: black children bond or free according to mother
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Law in virginia slaves as property, allwed to kill runaways
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Slave revolt: New York Slaves kill whites
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Slave Revolt: South carolina crying liberty 75 slaves flee to florida with stolen weapons
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American Revolution begins battles at mass on april 19
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first abolitionist society, benjamin Franklin becomes president in 1787
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Declaration of Ind.
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American Revolution ends
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Thomas Jeffersons proposal to ban slavery in territories after 1800 fails
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first U.S. Census nearly 700,000 slaves in nation of 3.9 million
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Fugitive slave act outlaws efforts to help runaways
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Cotton GIn Eli's invention creates demand for slave labor
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United states bans slave trade importing African slaves
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Missouri Compromise, 36 30 line created
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Slave Revolt: Charleston, SC freed slave attempts a rebellion
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Slave Revolt: Virginia preacher Nat turner leads two day uprising
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southern states expel abolitionists and their propaganda
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Period: to
Mexican American War
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Frederick Douglass' Newspaper
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Harriet tubman escapes after fleeing slavery
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Compromise of 1850, harsher fugitive slave act
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Uncle Tom's Cabin Published, sells 300,000 copies in a year
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Kansas-Nebraska Act lets new territories choose sides, violence
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Dred Scott: Blacks can never be citizens, congress cannot outlaw slavery
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abraham Lincoln elected
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southern secession- South Carolina
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Period: to
united states Civil War, 623,000 lives
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Emancipation Proclamation