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European explorers bring slaves to the Americas (1619)
When America gained independance from England, slavery was a legal constitution in 1776. In 1806 any state above the Mason and Dixie line banned slavery. -
Slavery ends in United States (1776)
Slavey in the United States was a legal institution in the early years. The United States sought independence from the Great Britain. -
The Invention of Cotton Gin (1793)
This machine is made to separate the cotton fluff and the seed.Eli Whitney is the man behind the machine. -
Slavery ends in Great Britian
In 1833 the ban on slavery began in Great Britian. Any one below the age of six were released and all former slaves over six were redesignated as 'apprentinces'. The official date that slavery came to a close in the UK was the 1 August, 1834. -
The Amistad mutiny and trial
July 2, 1839. The Amistad Mutiny is a rebellion of 53 Africans that took place on the slave ship Amistad near the cost of Cuba and had a political and legal influence on the American abolition movement. The mutineers were captured and tried but freed in 1841 by the Supreme Court. It’s a result of the country’s antislavery movement. -
Fugitive Slave Act
September 18, 1850. It was passed as part of the Compromise between Southern Slave States and Northern States. It declared that all runaway slaves were to be captured and returned to their masters. It was nicknamed the Bloodhound Law. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 was a package of five bills passed in the United States in September 1850, which defused a four- year confrontation between the slave states and the free states of the north regarding the status of territories, acquires during the Mexican American War. -
The Civil War is fought in the United States of America
The civil war (the war between the states) was fought from 1861 to 1865 (April 12, 1861 and finished on April 9th) between the Northern States and several Southern slave states. Which formed the Confederate States of America and refused to abolish slavery. 750000 soldiers and a lot of civil population were killed. The Confederacy was defeated and slavery abolished. -
The Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation is an order sent out to all of the exectivives in America by Abraham Lincoln. This command stated that all who are enslaved on Confederate land will be "forever free". -
The Thirteenth Amendment
The thirteenth amendment on the United States outlaws slavery and involuntary servitude. It was passed by Senate on April 8, 1864 and was adopted on December 6, 1865. -
Slavery ends in China
The country reportedly abolished slavery in 1909 but the law was not fully in effect until 1949. -
Brown vs. Board of education(U.S. Supreme Court case)
May 17, 1954 was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court declared separate public school for black and white students unconstitutional. Separate education is unequal and causes racial segregation. -
The Murder of Emmett Till
The murder of Emmett Till was a very difficult one. this fourteen-year-old boy was murdered for allegedly flirtind with a white woman. Not only was it performed in a very gruesome and hostile manor but it was a murder that had a huge influence on civil rights in America. And since this event got so much coverage by the press the people had to take a stand. -
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated.
Martin Luther King, an American clergyman and leader of the African American civil rights movement and the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968 at the age of 39. James Earl Ray was arrested in London for killing and sentenced to 99 years in prison. Some believe that the assassination involved the US government. -
Mauritania: The Last Country to Abolish Slavery
This country in Africa is the last counrty in the world to ban this horrible crime. Even though the country sees this as a crime, about 20% of the people who live in Mauritania still are slaves. -
Jim Crows Laws
The JIm Crows laws were state and local laws that were active from 1876 to 1965. These laws started a whole bunch of problems. It led to massive racism issuses in the United States; the segregation... -
Slavery ends in the United States.
Slavery ends in the Untied States in 1865. The thirteenth amendment abolished slavery after the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln presented the draft of the Emancipation Proclamation. -
Freedom Riders movement
Freedom Riders were Civil Rights Activist who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961 and following years to test the United States Supreme Court Decisions. They were arrested for trespassing, unlawful assembly and violating laws. -
Civil Rights Movement for African Americans in the U.S
African American (1896-1954) In 1894 the United States Supreme Court past decisions (Plessy vs. Ferguson) which declared “separate but equal” racial segregation as constitutional doctrine. It was overturned in 1954 by Brow vs. Board of Education. This was an era of movements, which achieved modest results at the beginning but made progress on voter rights and gradually led to Brown vs. Board of education.
