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Period: Oct 3, 1500 to
Middle Passage
10-12 million Africans were transported to America as slaves, this was the main time, but more were still imported. This is when the big rush of slaves were imported to the Carribean, Haita, North, South, and Central Americas. -
Africans Arrive in Jamestown
Slaves begin to arrive in the newly forming town of Jamestown. There were 32 people of African descent living in Jamestown, 15 men and 17 women. They all worked on plantations, as most slaves did. -
Labor in 1650
300,000 slaves worked in Spanish America on plantations for good, or they were sent there first to be seasoned. Seasoned was when they were trained out of their culture and heritage, and were prepared to go work for the rest of their lives. -
Act XII
Act XII was put in place, stating that the condition of the child will follow the mother. This made it so that white slave owners could have mulatto children with their black slaves, and the child would be a black slave by law. -
Bacon's Rebellion
This revolt was started because the whites and slaves were angry at the governor for letting the native americans attack, and not be able to stop them. This was lead by a white man, not a black man fighting for justice. -
Stono Rebellion
<a href='http://http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p284.html' >The stono rebellion was a rebellion started by the promise of freedom in Florida. The Governor wanted to start a revolt, so he promised freedom. Many of the slaves took that chance and tried to escape to Florida, and gain freedom. -
Stamp Act Passed
The Stamp Act was passed to raise money. Items like newspaper, stamps, and anything paper related where heavilly taxed.This was one of the first ways Americans in the colonies united, against a common enemy. The British Parliment. -
Sinking of the Meermin ship
As the Meermin ship makes its way to the Americas, it was taken over by the slaves. The revolt was lead by Massavanna, a Madagascar native who had just been sold into slavery. They seized control over the ship and demanded the captain to bring them back to Madagascar. The captains didn't want to risk loosing the slaves by taking them back to Madagascar, but didn't want to risk continueing on and being killed, so they went to the southern most tip of Africa. -
Crispus Attucks Dies
Crispus Attucks was the first man to die in the Boston Massacre, and he is black. He was right along side the whites in the Boston Massacre, and was viewed as a martry, dieing for his cause. Although he was black, after the Boston Massacre, he was still buried. His mother was said to be a Natick Indian, and his father a white man. -
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Continental Congress
From 1774 to 1789, the Continental Congress was held, as the government for the American Colonies. They first met in 1774, then again in 1775, again in 1776, to declare its freedom, and not again until 1789 when it was replaced by the US Constitution. -
Declaration of Independence Signed
On July 4, 1776, later to be known as Independence Day, the Declaration of Independence was signed. The Declaration was Signed, granting equality to every man, although this was not true. Slavery still existed, and did not end for a long time. -
End of the Slave Trade
By 1870 and the end of slavery, 9.5+ slaves were imported to the Americas as slaves. The number who made the middle passage was much higher than this, because 15% of the slaves died on the ships
