From Slavery toward Social Justice timeline

Period: Jan 1, 1444 to Jan 31, 1850

Atlantic Slave Trade

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Jan 1, 1794

The Cotton Gin

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Aug 28, 1833

British Slavery Abolition Act

Slaves actually freed on 1 August, 1838
Jul 1, 1839

Amistad Mutiny

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Mar 9, 1841

U.S. Supreme Court declares Africans from Amistad free

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Sep 18, 1850

Fugitive Slave Act

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Sep 30, 1850

Compromise of 1850

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Period: Apr 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865

U.S. Civil War

Why?
Jan 1, 1863

U.S. Emancipation Proclamation

"...all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
Dec 6, 1865

U.S. 13th Amendment

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Period: Apr 9, 1866 to Feb 1, 2013

African-American Civil Rights Movement

Civil Rights Timeline
Period: Jan 1, 1876 to Jan 31, 1965

Jim Crow Laws

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Jan 31, 1888

Brazil passes Golden Law, abolishing slavery.

Who banned slavery when?
May 17, 1954

Brown vs. Board of Education

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Aug 28, 1955

Murder of Emmett Till

Why?
May 14, 1961

Freedom Riders

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Apr 4, 1968

Rev. MLK, Jr Assassinated

MLK, Jr. "mountain top" speech
Jan 1, 1981

Mauritania abolishes slavery (but didn't outlaw slave ownership until 2007)

Slavery still not eliminated in Mauritania. Slavery continues.

Atlantic Slave Trade