Colin MacDonald: HIST 190 - Final Timeline Project

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    African American History In The United States

  • The Arrival Of The First Enslaved Africans In Virginia

    The arrival of enslaved Africans in Jamestown marked the beginning of slavery in North America, shaping the economic and social foundations of the colonies.

  • Abolition Of The Transatlantic Slave Trade In The U.S.

    The United States outlawed the international slave trade, which in turn reduced new imports of enslaved Africans but still allowed slavery to continue domestically.

  • Nat Turner's Rebellion

    Nat Turner led a slave revolt in Virginia, resulting in harsher slave laws and increased fear among slaveholding communities.

  • The Fugitive Slave Act

    This act mandated the capture and return of escaped enslaved people to their owners, even if they reached free states, requiring cooperation from local officials and citizens and imposing penalties for obstruction of justice

  • The Case Of Dred Scott v. Sandford

    The Supreme Court ruled that African Americans were not citizens and thus had no right to sue in federal court, intensifying tensions over slavery.

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    President Lincoln declared enslaved people in the Confederate states free, which shifted the Civil War’s focus toward ending slavery.

  • The Margaret Garner Incident

    Margaret Garner, an enslaved woman who had escaped to Ohio, killed her two-year-old daughter rather than see her returned to slavery under the Fugitive Slave Act.

  • The Passage Of The Thirteenth Amendment

    This amendment permanently abolished slavery and involuntary servitude throughout the United States.

  • The Passage Of The Fourteenth Amendment

    The amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. and promised equal protection under the law.

  • The Passage Of The Fifteenth Amendment

    The Fifteenth Amendment prohibited denying voting rights based on race, though many African Americans were later discriminated against via other means.

  • The Decision Of Plessy v. Ferguson

    The Supreme Court upheld racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine, legitimizing the Jim Crow laws.

  • The Decision Of Brown v. Board of Education

    The Court ruled that segregated public schools were inherently unequal, overturning Plessy v. Ferguson in education.

  • The March on Washington

    Over 250,000 people gathered to demand civil and economic rights, highlighted by Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

  • The Passage Of The Civil Rights Act

    This landmark law banned discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in public life.

  • The Passage Of The Voting Rights Act

    The act eliminated discriminatory voting practices and enabled greater African American political participation.