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In 1637, many whites went to the Pequot tribe and massacred them, hence the name. Eventually, they started a fire. After all was said and done, the survivors were either sent to the Caribbean as slaves, or just killed then and there. -
The 3 / 5ths Compromise was implemented for purely economic and political reasons. Politics wise, slave states wanted more population count for more representatives in the House of Representatives within Congress. Economics wise, slave owners would need to pay more taxes if slaves counted as a full person. Eventually they came to the conclusion that each slave counts as 3 / 5ths of a person. It is dehumanizing, horrible thinking, but that is what historically happened because of the compromise. -
The Slave Trade ended in the U.S., which means the Triangular Slave Trade also ended. Many were unhappy about this from an economic perspective, but many were happy about this from a moral perspective. Either way, it was over, and people would have to learn to be “self - sufficient.” -
A battle led by American forces and Governor William Henry Harrison against Indiana Territory Native American tribes. -
The Missouri Compromise was done to maintain an equal balance of power between slave states and free states. If one had more than the other, it could lead to a civil war. So, when Missouri was initiated as a slave state, Maine was initiated as a free state. Even though the government tried to prevent a civil war with balanced power, it still didn’t work out. -
President Andrew Jackson forced thousands of Cherokee Native Americans away from the ancestral tribal lands to a new location - most commonly known as the “Trail of Tears.” -
An enslaved man, Nat Turner, led 50 followers to massacre about 60 white people - mostly women and children. -
The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation - enacted by President Andrew Jackson - of most famously the Cherokee Native American tribe, but others as well. It was a long and grueling journey to present day Oklahoma, as hundreds died on the way. Many more died after arrival. -
The Scalp Act was incredibly disgusting and dehumanizing. In essence, it was the American government paying people money to bring back the literal human head scalps of Native Americans. -
Made it so that everyone was legally obligated to return fleeing slaves. Also gave extremely harsh punishments to people who aided escaping slaves. Even if an escaped slave ran to a free state, if they were caught - and many were - they were to be returned to their master. It disgusts me to say master, but it’s what they sadly were back then. -
Dred Scott was considered a slave, even though he was temporarily transported to a free state. The Supreme Court case was Dred Scott V. Sanford -
Enacted by President Abraham Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation was enforced on 1st January and freed all remaining slaves in the United States. -
The 13th Amendment completely abolished and outlawed slavery and the practice thereof. -
The 14th Amendment gave equal protection under law and cannot deny anyone - including former slaves - the process of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. -
The 15th Amendment gave all men the right to vote, this including colored men; however, women wouldn’t gain the right to vote until the 19th Amendment was passed. -
Also known as “Custer’s Last Stand,” thousands of Native Americans completely annihilated the 7th Calvary, General Custard included. -
U.S. soldiers massacred many of the Lakota tribe in South Carolina in an attempt to disarm them. -
If you had any black / African - American blood within your genealogy, the U.S. Supreme Court declared you under the jurisdiction of the Jim Crow laws’ rules and regulation towards African - Americans.