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Period: Jan 1, 1528 to
Antlantic slave trade in america.
Atlantic Slave Trade When european explorers started exploring the the new world they had started bringing african slaves to the americas so that they could start building and improving theyre colonies, soon having slaves became the way of life. -
Slavery ends in Rusia
Slavery in Russia Slavery in Russia was abolished in 1723 by Peter the Great who also converted the slaves into serfs. As serfs people would have more freedom in theyre lives for example theyre masters had no rights to sell them or kill them but they still could punish them, ussually serfs worked for food and land to live on. -
Creation of the Cotton Gin
Cotton Gin The cotton gin was created by an American invenetor Eil Whitney. A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, allowing for much greater productivity than manual cotton separation. Although the cotton gin was such a ussual invention it did increase african slave labor which eventually brought to the American civil war. -
Slavery ends in the United Kingdom
Ending the British slave trade British slave trade was one of the most efficient profit machines in the 18th century by having the british privateers transport the slaves to colonial america so that they could help build. Over 3 million slaves were transported from africa to colonial america. It took 46 years to rid Britain of slavery. -
The Amistad mutiny trial
United States v. The Amistad The rebellion broke out when the schooner, traveling along the coast of Cuba, was taken over by a group of captives who had earlier been kidnapped in Africa and illegally sold into slavery. The Africans were later apprehended on the vessel near Long Island, New York, by the United States Revenue Cutter Service and taken into custody. -
Compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1850 The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five bills passed in the United States in September 1850, which diffused a four-year confrontation between the slave states of the South and the free states of the North regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War (1846–1848). -
Fugitive Slave Act
Fugitive Slave Act This was one of the most controversial acts of the 1850 compromise and heightened Northern fears of a "slave power conspiracy". It declared that all runaway slaves were, upon capture to be returned to theire masters. -
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American Civil War
American Civil War The civil war was a war in the United States beetween two groups the Confederates also known as the southern state that supported slave trade, and the union which are also known as the northern states which did not support slave trade. The war was trigered when the confederates proclaimed that they wanted to become a nation of theyre own. The conferderates attacked fort sumter which started the war. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation The emancipation proclamation is a order issued to all of thee executive branch in the United States, by president Lincoln during the American civil war. It proclaimed that all the slaves in the ten confederate states are all free and that both the army and the navy must treat them as citizens of theUnited States of America. -
U.S. ratifies 13th amendment to the Constitution
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The 13th amendment of the constitution states that : Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. -
Slavery ends in the United States.
When Slavery ended Slavery was officially ended when the 13th amendment to the constitution was ratified by the states, first the congress passed the law, then president lincoln signed it, 3/4 states agree with the congress, and eventually the law is passed and made public. -
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Jim Crow laws
Jim Crow laws The Jim Crow laws were a set of laws created to segregate black and white people in buildings, army, and in schools. These laws were outlawed by the supreme court of the United States. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education The Brown v. Board of Education was an important law which stated that it was illegal to seperate schools for black and white people. This case was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. -
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Civil Rights Movement for African Americans in the U.S
African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968) Civil Rights Movement for African Americans in the U.S are the social movements in the United States aimed at outlawing racial descrimination against african americans and restoring voting rights to them. The most notable figures of the movement are: W.E.B Du Bois, Malcom X, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. -
The murder of Emmet Till
Emmet Till The murder of Emmet Till happened 4 days after having flirting with a white girl and later having her brother and husband brutally beating the young 14th yearl old and then murdering him with a gunshot. -
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Freedom Riders Movement
Freedom Riders Movement The freedom riders movement was a movement of african american people for justice by drving on buses that would go through states and saying that they have rights to sit on them aswell. -
Dr. Martin Luther King jr. is assassinated.
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an american activist an clergyman who thought for the rights of black people. He died in the hospital after getting shot in the Lorraine motel. -
Slavery ends in Mauritania.
Slavery ends in Mauritania Mauritania was the last country to ban slavery and even though ithas abolished slavery in 1981 it was continued until 2007 when it was profounded illegal.
