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Mar 6, 1400
Black slavery exists in Europe
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Period: Mar 8, 1400 to
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Mar 6, 1500
West African slaves brought to American colonies
Spain and Portugal begin to bring slaves from West Africa to their American colonies to work, as the native Indians being used for labour were dying from European diseases. -
John Punch becomes first slave-for-life in America
The very first American slave-for-life was John Punch, a black servant, who was sentenced to serviude for life for trying to runaway. -
First Slave Revolt - The Gloucester County Conspiracy
In Gloucester County, Virginia the first slave rebellion was planned, but their plot was discovered and the 4 leaders were hanged. -
New York - Act for Regulating Slaves
New York passes The Act for Regulating Slaves which prohibites meetings of more than three slaves; trading by slaves, and testimony by slaves in court. -
The Virginia Slave Act
The colony of Virginia created a number of laws that stripped Africans of all human rights; identified them as property that could be mortgaged, sold or leased; and forced them into slavery for life. -
War of Independence includes black soldiers
Crispus Attucks, an escaped slave, becomes the first Colonial soldier to die for American independence when he is killed by the British in the Boston Massacre. -
The Fugitive Slave Act signed by George Washington
The U.S. Congress passed this law where runaway slaves had to be returned to their owners, even if they had escaped to States where blacks were free. -
Dred Scott Case determines slaves are not citizens
The Dred Scott case holds that Congress does not have the right to ban slavery in states and, furthermore, that slaves are not citizens. -
Slavery is abolished with the end of the Civil War
Slavery in the United States is effectively ended when 250,000 slaves in Texas finally receive the news that the Civil War had ended. -
East Saint Louis Race Riot of 1917
Forty African Americans and eight whites are killed in race riots in East St. Louis, Ill., stirred up by white resentment of African Americans working in wartime industry
