1619 Twenty-One Slave ships make landfall in Jonestown. VA. By blbservello 1619 Twenty-One slave ships make landfall in Jonetown, VA. 1619 1619 – Twenty-One slave ships were brought to Jonestown, VA. 1670 All the colonies legalized race-based slavery 1670 1670- All the colonies legalized race-based slavery 1774 Slavery started to be abolished throughout the United States 1808 Slavery was abolished completely 1829 Some states passed legislation prohibiting the sale of children under the age of ten 1860 250,000 Slaves were freed from slavery. 1860 There were 250,000 freed slaves in the south. 1863 Slaves in the South were finally emancipated during the Civil War 1865 The signing of the 13th Amendment ended slavery. 1965 Signing of the Civil Rights Voting Act
