From Slavery toward Social Justice By carpenterp Period: Jan 1, 1444 to Jan 31, 1850 Atlantic Slave Trade info video Jan 1, 1794 The Cotton Gin cotton gin info video Aug 28, 1833 British Slavery Abolition Act Slaves actually freed on 1 August, 1838 Jul 1, 1839 Amistad Mutiny info Mar 9, 1841 U.S. Supreme Court declares Africans from Amistad free supreme court decision Sep 18, 1850 Fugitive Slave Act video Sep 30, 1850 Compromise of 1850 compromise 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 government archive 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 video Jan 31, 1888 Brazil passes Golden Law, abolishing slavery. Who banned slavery when? May 17, 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education ourdocuments.gov Aug 28, 1955 Murder of Emmett Till Why? May 14, 1961 Freedom Riders video 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.
