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Massachusetts outlaws slavery within the state.
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Importation of slaves stopped legally
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Nat Turner Slave Rebellion
In Virginia; 57 whites killed; U.S. troops kill 100 slaves; Turner caught, tried and hanged. -
Compromise of 1850
California joins the union as a free state. strengthens Fugitive Slave Laws, and ends slave trade in Washington, D.C. -
Confederacy Formed
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Emancipation Proclamation
Freed all slaves in areas still in rebellion -
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Civil War ends, and Civil Rights Amendments
1865: Civil War ends, and 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery, added to the Constitution. 1868: 14th Amendmentcitizenship added to Constitution. 1870: 15th Amendment put a end to racial discrimination in voting. -
Plessy vs Ferguson
"separate but equal" segregation doctrine. -
End to Military Racial Segregation
President Truman executive order outlawing segregation in U.S. military. -
Brown v BOE
Outlawed racial segregation in schools -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refuses to move to the back of a Montgomery, Alabama, bus as required by city ordinance; boycott follows and bus segregation ordinance is declared unconstitutional. -
Little Rock 9
Nine black students are prevented from attending a Little Rock High School; President Eisenhower sends in federal troops to allow students in school. -
JFK
University of Mississippi first black student. The Supreme Court rules that segregation is unconstitutional in all transportation facilities. -
I Have a Dream
Martin Luther King Jr. delivers "I Have a Dream" speech Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, leaves four young black girls dead. -
Civil Rights Act
Civil Rights Act declaring discrimination based on race illegal.