Family Timeline

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    6-7 Million Slaves are Brought to America

    An estimated number by Historians. Slaves begin to farm Tobacco.
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    My Family is Brought to America

    Nobody in my family knows the exact date, but my ancestors were brought to both Louisiana (mom's side) and Arkansas (dad's side)
  • Slaves are Brought to America For the First Time

    Slaves are Brought to America For the First Time

    Dutch ship brings 20 African Slaves to Jamestown, Virginia
  • The Cotton Gin is Created

    The Cotton Gin is Created

    Eli Whitney invents the Cotton Gin, causing thousands of Slaves to use the device for their "masters."
  • Southern States Secede

    Southern States Secede

    Following the election of Abraham Lincoln, the southern states secede to form their own union
  • Civil War Begins

    Civil War Begins

    The bloodiest war on American soil.
  • Civil War Ends, Slavery Abolished

    Civil War Ends, Slavery Abolished

  • Jim Crow Laws are Established

    Jim Crow Laws are Established

    Segregation in the south begins for much too long.
  • My family comes to California

    Looking for a better life (with no segregation), my family moves to California
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    Civil Rights Movement

    The movement to end segregation in America.
  • My Aunt Becomes A Doctor

    A large change from just 150 years ago where Black people were not given jobs such as this.
  • Barack Obama Elected President

    Barack Obama Elected President

    A great feat for America. Just 150 years prior, people who looked like President Obama and my family were being put in chains.
  • My Brother Gets Drafted into the MiLB

    It isn't even 100 years ago that negro players were forced to start their own league, and not be included with white players.

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