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They were brought to Jamestown by Dutch traders.
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A slave named Jemmy (also called Cato), led up to 60 others in an armed march towards Florida. They burned plantations and killed ~23 whites before being halted by the South Carolina Militia. Almost all of the rebels were executed. The reactions from this rebellion caused a tightening of slave law.
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Her poem, Bar's Fight, which was about a Native American attack on Deerfield (her village), was not published until 1855.
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He was considered the first American to die in the American Revolution, and he was used as propaganda for years afterwards.
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The book published was Poems On Various Subjects, Religious And Moral.
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While slavery itself was made illegal, the actual banning of slave trade could not occur until 1808, due to the Constitution.
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This law forced the return of any escaped slave to their owner, regardless of whether or not they had crossed state lines.
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This new device greatly increased the demand for slave labor by increasing the productivity of cotton plantations.
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Gabriel Prosser, an enslaved blacksmith, planned an armed revolt that would march on Richmond. Unfortunately, the plan was uncovered, and Gabriel, along with 25 other slaves, were hanged.
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Congress banned the importation of slaves from Africa, however internal slave trade is still rampant.
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Under the provision of the Missouri Compromise, all slave states must be under the 30' 30" line, and all free states above. This was to solve the balance issue in congress, as neither side wanted to be outnumbered in the house.
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Denmark Vesey, a talented carpenter, plots a revolt to assault Charleston. The plan is uncovered, and Denmark is hanged, along with 34 others.
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Written by William Lloyd Garrison, it was a weekly paper supporting the abolition of slavery. Because of this, William became one of the most famous people of the abolitionist movement.
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Nat Turner led one of the bloodiest and most significant slave revolts in American history. It occurred in Southampton County, Virginia. It ends when a militia is called in, and Turner, hanged. it resulted in stricter slave laws for Virginia.
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The Proviso was an an attempt by David Wilmot to ban slavery in all territories gained in the Mexican War. It was not passed.
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The North Star was an abolitionist newspaper.
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From this point on, Harriet helped hundreds of slaves escape their bonds through the underground railroad, become one of the noblest abolitionists of all time.
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This compromise dictates that California will become a free state, and the remaining territories will be decided by popular sovereignty. In addition to this. The trading of slaves in Washington, D.C. is prohibited, and a much stricter fugitive slave law is passed. This was all done to end the debates caused by the Mexican War.
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This book was once of the most influential abolitionist books to ever be published, and is widely regarded as one of the causes of the Civil War.
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This act effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise, and renewed slavery and anti-slavery tensions. Kansas and Nebraska are admitted as states under popular sovereignty.
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In this landmark court case, Congress decided that they do not have the right to ban slavery in states, and that slaves do not count as citizens.
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John Brown and 21 others attempted to take the Harper's Ferry arsenal, and launch an armed revolt that would streak across the south, abolishing slavery once and for all. This unfortunately did not work, and largely caused the Civil War.
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When Lincoln got elected, the Deep South seceded, and formed the Confederate States of America.
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Issued by Abraham Lincoln, it pronounced all slaves in the Confederacy as free.
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The Confederacy is dissolved, and slavery, abolished.
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He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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It was founded to help protect the rights of black citizens.
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Founded by ex-confederates and white supremacists, the KKK was created in Tennessee.
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Two months after the civil war, 250,000 slaves in Texas recieve the news, officially ending slavery.
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It officially prohibits slavery, except for legal penalty (i.e: prison labor).
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These were used in the deep south to restrict the freedom of blacks.
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These split the south into 5 military districts, and guaranteed the rights of freed slaves.
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This amendment defined a citizen of the United States as anyone born or naturalized in the United States, including those born as slaves. This nullified the Dred Scott decision.
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This gave African Americans the right to vote.
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Along with this, 16 African Americans served in congress, and around 600 served in state legislatures.
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Most federal attempts to grant rights to African Americans are quickly phased out.
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It was founded by Booker T. Washington, in Alabama.
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This court case ruled that "separate but equal" was constitutional.
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was led by W.E.B Du Bois, and served as the country's most influential African-American Civil Rights organization.
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A new literary, artistic, and social movement fosters a new cultural identity for African Americans.
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This event broke the racial barrier for Major League Baseball.
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Before this date, the military of America had been segregated, even though African Americans had participated in every major U.S war.
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In this landmark case, the segregation of schools was deemed unconstitutional.
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He was murdered for allegedy whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. The two white men who were charged with the murder were acquitted by an all-white jury, and later boasted about committing the crime. This helped spur on the civil rights movement.
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She refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, and became a figurehead of the civil rights movement (after getting arrested and sparking a mass bus boycott in Montgomery). Those buses were desegregated one year later.
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These nine black students were prevented from entering the Little Rock School due to governor Orbal Faubus, and had to call in the National Guard to intervene. Despite this, they graduated from the school.
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This series of nonviolent protests lasted for six months, to protest the segregation of the Greensboro school's lunch counters. The protest was successful, and the lunch counters were desegregated.
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They were sponsored by the C.O.R.E to ride on buses throughout the south to test the new laws prohibiting segregation.
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attended by over 250,000 people, this is where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I have a dream" speech.
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Signed in by president Johnson, the Civil Rights Act prohibited discrimination of any kind.
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Peaceful demonstrators are violently attacked by state troopers on Pettus Bridge, Alabama. They used tear gas, whips, and clubs, hospitalizing over 50 demonstrators.
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Founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale.
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Thurgood Marshall was appointed to the court by president Johnson.
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Signed in by president Johnson, this version of the civil rights act also prevents discrimination in the housing market.
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He was murdered in Memphis, Tennesse. James Earl Ray was accused of the crime.
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Marsha P. Johnson was an American gay libertarian and trans woman who advocated for gay rights . She was known as one of the most prominent figures in Stonewall Riots of 1969, a serious of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay community against a police raid that took place in the early hours of the morning of June 28th, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn.
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The first race riots in decades, caused by the acquittal of four white police officers of the videotaped beating of Rodney King.
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It was awarded to him due to his efforts in diplomacy and nuclear nonproliferation.
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Barack Obama is the first African American president in history, winning the election against John McCain.
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This is the first memorial dedicated to an african american built in the National Mall, and the fourth non-president memorial there.
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The Black Lives Matter movement was created to campaign and protest against racism, especially in cases involving the police force or criminal justice system. It was originally founded after the acquittal of George Zimmerman, who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old student.
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After a landslide vote, Bishop Curry became the first african american Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, a position he still serves today.