African - American History Timeline By romanecotte 1619 First blacks slaves brought to Virgina by the Dutch 1688 Quakers from Germantown, Pennsylvania passed the first anti-slavery resolution 1775 Start of real independance Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Indepedance 1780 Abolition of slavery in Masachussetts 1783 End of Revolutionary War 1783 End of real independance 1787 The American Constitution 1808 banning of slave importation 1820 Missouri compromise: bans slavery north of Missouri southern bounday 1857 Dred - Scott case (supreme court) 1861 Confederacy slipt from the Union States / Civl War 1863 President Lincoln issues the Emancipation declaration 1865 KKK Jun 19, 1865 Juneteanth celebration Dec 12, 1865 Amendment to the US Consitution 1870 Right to vote for Black Men 1896 Plessy Fergensson 1909 Creation of NAACP Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in the colored section to a White passenger after the White passengers section was filled
