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The first African slaves arrived in Virginia.
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Slavery is made illegal in the Northwest Territory. The U.S. Constitution said that Congress may not ban the slave trade until 1808.
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A federal fugitive slave law is enacted, forcing Northerners to turn in escaped slaves.
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Nat Turner led a large slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia. Turner is eventually hanged, and much stricter slave laws are enfornced.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel was published and became the most famous anti-slavery literary work.
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The Dred Scott case ended in the decision that any person with African descent could not be a United States citizen.
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The Confederate Army was formed and the Civil War began.
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Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves held in states that were still rebellious.
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The Thirteenth Amendment is ratified, abolishing slavery in the United States.
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A Surpreme Court case declared that segregated schools was unconstitutional.
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a Caucasian on the bus, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycotts.
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Nine African-American students integrated Little Rock Central High School after the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
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Jimmie Lee Jackson was fatally shot by a police officer while trying to protect his mother from the brutality, starting the the movement in Selma, Alabama.
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On one of the marches on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, the marchers were met by extreme police brutality, which led to Dr. King calling for clergy to march with them.
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The Selma to Montgomery march is completed after two failed attemps. The Civil Rights Act is signed shortly after.
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