American Slavery

The first african slaves arive in Virginia

Jan 1, 1619

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Date found- 21/1/14

Slavery was made illegal in the Northwest territory

Jan 1, 1787

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14/01/14

Slaves that had escaped past a certain point were demanded to be freed

Jan 1, 1793

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Date found- 21/1/14

Congress bans the importation of slaves

Jan 20, 1808

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Date found- 21/1/14

Denmark Vessey, a slave that bought his freedom plans a slave revolt

Jan 1, 1822

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Date found- 14/1/14

Nat Turner, an enslaved african american preacher, leads the most significant upriing.

Jan 1, 1831

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Date found- 14/01/14

The Dredd Scott case holds that congress doesn't have the right to ban slavery

Jan 1, 1857

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Date found- 10/02/14

President Lincoln declares that all slaves will be freed

Jan 1, 1863

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Date found- 14/1/14

The civil war ends, President Lincoln was assassinated, and the thirteenth abendment abolishes slavery.

Jan 1, 1865

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14/01/14

Many films are made about slavery, including Django Unchained that was directed by famous director Quentin Tarantino

Dec 25, 2012

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Unchained
Date found- 10/2/14