Blues Timeline VF

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  • History of Blues 1

    Enslaved Africans landed at Point Comfort, today's Fort Monroe in Hampton,Va.

  • The End of Slave Importation

    The Act of Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807 its a United States federal law that prohibited the importation of slaves into the United States

  • Minstrel Shows Gain Popularity

    By the late 1840s, a Southern tour had opened from Baltimore to New Orleans.

  • Civil War Ends; Recontruction Begins

    The United States grappled with the challenges of reintegrating into the Union the states that had seceded and determining the legal status of African Americans.

  • Slave Songs Published

    Slave Songs of the United States represents the work of its three editors, all of whom collected and annotated these songs while working in the Sea Islands of South Carolina during the Civil War

  • Huddie Ledbetter

    aka Lead Belly introduces the Blues to a wider audience.

  • Urban Blues in Chicago

    Illinois form as a result of the great depression in the 30s and 40s

  • Robert Johnson

    He was a very influential musician in his time and influenced the development of the blues.