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White and Black teamwork
From 1620 to 1670, black and white people worked in the tobacco fields together, lived together, and slept together (also doing these things with the American Indians ) -
Virginia gains black people
The total Virginia population of about 18,500 included only 300 black people -
Spain and Portugal
Almost 300,000 Africans labored throughout Spanish America on plantations and in gold/silver mines. -
1712 New York City
A slave rebellion in the British North American Colonies. It proved unsuccessful. -
1731 Louisiana
A slave rebellion in the British North American Colonies. It proved unsuccessful. -
Free Black Militia
Over 100 South Carolina slaves had escaped to Spanish Florida and formed a free black militia company at St. Augustine. -
1739 Stono South Carolina / The Stono Rebellion of 1739
The largest slave uprising in the British North Ameican colonies was the Stono South of 1739 in South Carolina. -
Seven Years' War
War between France and Britain that began in North America in 1754, spread to Europe in 1756, and forced France to withdraw from North America in 1763. -
The Sugar Act
Act of 1764 designed to raise rev-enue for the Britsh government that levied duties on sugar. -
The Stamp Act
Act of 1765 designed to raise revenue for the British government that levied duties on paper products. -
The Boston Massacre
1770 event in whch British troops fired into an angry crowd, killing five Bostonians. -
The Declaration of Independence
Contientintal Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776.
I was also drafted by a slaveholder in a slaveholding country. When Thomas Jefferson wrote "that all men are created equal," of course, he wasn't supporting black people. -
England abolished slave trade
Europeans establishes colonies inthe Americas and the demand for cheap labor grew.
By the time slave trade ended, the English had transported 1.7 million Africans. By 1830 nearly 2 million Africans were sold to British in North America -
Decision about Fugitive Slaves
Fugitive slaves were declared to be "contraband of war" if their labor had been used to aid the Confederacy in a way. If found to be contraband, they were declared to be free. -
9.5 Million Africans were imported to the Americas
By the end of 1870. Buying and selling Africans for work in America was known as the Atlantic Slave Trade.
