Annotated Timeline of the African Americans

By sadie_lyn032
  • Africans sold as indentured servants

    Africans sold as indentured servants

    A Dutch sea captain brought the first Africans to the Virginia colony of Jamestown in 1619 and sold them as indentured servants.
  • Slave codes passed

    Slave codes passed

    Virginia passed the slave codes declaring that any foreign-born non-Christian could be enslaved, and that enslaved people were considered property.
  • Period: to

    Rise of slavery

    For the next 150 years, Africans were being kidnapped from their homes and shipped to the New World.
  • Begining of the Civil War

    Begining of the Civil War

    Slavery became an issue between the North and the South, eventually dividing the nation in two and starting the Civil War.
  • Civil War ends

    Civil War ends

    The Union won the Civil War. The war ended in April 1865 when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant.
  • The Civil Rights Act of 1964

    The Civil Rights Act of 1964

    The Civil Rights Act banned discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
  • The first African American president

    The first African American president

    Barack Obama became the first African American president in 2008.