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Jan 1, 1528
European Explorers bring slaves to the Americas
They brought slaves to the Americas in 1528 and it stopped in 1808 although it originally started but wasnt known till later on in 1502 -
Slavery ends in ireland
One of the countries in the united kingdom related to england came to an end in slavery. (1641- 1652) -
Cotton Gin in the U.S
By April 1793, Whitney had designed and constructed the cotton gin, a machine that automated the separation of cottonseed from the short-staple cotton fiber. -
Slavery ends in Great Britain
Great britain one of the mostly known countries in the world freed from slavery -
The Amistad mutiny and trial
The Amistad, also known as United States v. Libellants and Claimants of the Schooner Amistad, 40 U.S. 518 (1841), was a United States Supreme Court case resulting from the rebellion of Africans on board the Spanish schooner La Amistad in 1839 -
Fugitive Slave Act
Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise, drafted by Whig Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky and brokered by Clay and Democrat Stephen Douglas, avoided secession or civil war and reduced sectional conflict for four years. -
Civil war fought in the united states
this lasted about a good 4 years many people died, this was a very memorable day in the united states of america. -
Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in U.S.
This even took place at the time 1862 wich was a very important day in history -
Slavery ends in the United States
the slavery in the united states started in 1808 but it ended in 1865 but theres a theory it ended in1862 -
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Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow laws were state and local laws in the United States enacted between 1876 and 1965. They mandated de jure racial segregation in all public facilities in Southern states of the former Confederacy, with, starting in 1890, a "separate but equal" status for African Americans. -
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Martin luther king assasinated
the great man martin luther king the one who wanted to be freed of slavery was assasinated at one of the hotels he was staying at which was called loraine motel. -
Brown vs. Board of education
(1869-1954) -
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Freedom Riders movement
Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in 1955 -
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Civil Rights Movement for African Americans in the U.S.
The African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968) refers to the social movements in the United States aimed at outlawing racial discrimination against black Americans and restoring voting rights to them. -
Murder of Emmet Till
an African-American boy who was murdered in Mississippi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white woman. Till was from Chicago, Illinois, visiting his relatives in the Mississippi Delta region when he spoke to 21-year-old Carolyn Bryant, the married proprietor of a small grocery store.
