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the Middle Passage
The horrific voyage of millions of African-Americans across the Atlantic Ocean as part of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. -
1777-1807
Every state North of Maryland abolishes slavery. -
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
He was kidnapped from Nigeria and sold into slavery; he was sold to a European slave trader who shipped him to the Caribbean, North America, and England. -
Invention of Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney's invention allowed slaves to pick cotton faster and caused more slaves to be brought for more production. -
1808-Importation of Slaves Ends
The US Congress and President Thomas Jefferson signed this act to end the international slave trade to the United States. -
Dred Scott Decision
A slave sued for being denied freedom after living in a free state for years. -
John Brown's Raid
John Brrown led an army of 18 men to Harper's Ferry, Virginia in a slave rebellion. -
Emancipation Proclamation
It stated," all persons held as slaves" within all rebellious states," are and henceforward shall be free." -
Freedman's Bureau
It was a way to help freed African-American slaves and poor whites. It provided food, clothing, medical care, legal representation/citizenship to African-Americans, and reunite families. -
13th Amendment
Successfully abolishes slavery!!!!!!! It was passed at the end of the Civil War before the southern states were returned to the Union. -
Civil Rights Bill of 1866
Destroyed "black codes" by giving African-Americans full citizenship. The first US federal law to define citizenship and affirmed that all people were protected equally by the law. -
14th Amendment
Grants citizenship to former slaves. -
15th Amendment
Gives all African-American men the right to vote. -
Great Migration
Movement of 1.4 million African-American out of the south, west, and Midwest to the North seeking better economic opportunities and were driven from harsh segregational laws. -
Selective Service
Authorized the conscription of American males into the military. -
Civil Rights Movement
It was a mass popular movement to secure African-American basic rights and privileges. African-Americans and whites, men, and women led organizations at national and local levels. -
1st Black President
Barack H. Obama became the first African-American President of the United States of America. -
Harlem Renaissance
A cultural, social, and artistic explosion in Harlem drew poets, musician, writer, artists, and scholars.
