America

Colonization and Slave Trade

By sdriggers

  • Jamestown Founded

  • First Slaves Purchased From Africa to Work in Jamestown

    First Slaves Purchased From Africa to Work in Jamestown

  • Coming of the Pilgrims

    Coming of the Pilgrims

  • Puritans Enter Massachusetts

  • The First Public School in America is Established

    Boston Latin School

  • Swedes First Settle in Delaware.

  • Slavery Legalized in Massachusetts

  • Fugitive Slave Law Passed in Virginia

  • First Anti-Slavery Law Enacted in British Colonies

  • King Charles II Establishes the Carolina Colony

    King Charles II Establishes the Carolina Colony

  • Virginia Assembly Act

    Allows all non-christians who arrive by ship in Virginia to be enslaved

  • The French Establish Louisiana

  • Quakers in Germantown Denounce Slavery

    Quakers in Germantown Denounce Slavery

  • Slave Plantations Begin

    Slave Plantations Begin