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Period: Jan 25, 1528 to
European Explorers bring slaves to the Americas
http://civilliberty.about.com/od/raceequalopportunity/ig/History-of-Black-Civil-Rights/The-Atlantic-Slave-Trade.htm As soon as European Explorares started to colonize the Americas, they began to brings slaves. These slaves were comming brought Africa, mainly from the country of Nigeria. These slaves were used for doing everyday tasts for their owners. -
Cotton gin is invented in U.S.
The modern mechanical cotton gin was invented in the United States in 1793 by Eli Whitney (1765–1825). This machine could create cotton fiber mechnaical. Instead of decreasing the amount of jobs for slaves, it increased it becuase cotton fiber became cheaper, and so slaves had to work harder to plant and gather cotton. -
Slavery ends in France
in 1818, the government of France, decided to create a law to abolish slavery and slave trade. THis law was followed, and resulted in the end of slavery in France. -
Slavery ends in United Kingdom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833 After many years of slavery, Lord Mansfield launched a movement to abolish slavery. His acts were supringsingly successfull. And finally, in 1833, british slavery came to an end. -
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. It was an unusual "freedom suit" which involved international issues and parties, as well as United States law. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._The_Amistad -
Fugitive Slave Act
The 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. 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 their masters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_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). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compromise_of_1850 -
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American Civil War
The American Civil War, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 between the United States (the "Union" or the "North") and several Southern slave states that had declared their secession and formed the Confederate States of America (the "Confederacy" or the "South"). The war had its origin in the fractious issue of slavery, and, after four years of bloody combat (mostly in the South), the Confederacy was defeated, http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Гражданская_война_в_США -
Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in U.S.
The Emancipation Proclamation was an order by Abraham Lincoln to amke slavery illegal in all of the United States of America -
Slavery ends in the United States.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States After numersous years of cruel slavery and civil war, the United States Government finaly made it come to an end. Many slaves were set free and rasism was decreased. -
U.S. ratifies 13th amendment to the Constitution.
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution declared 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." Formally abolishing slavery in the United States, the 13th Amendment was passed by the Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the states on December 6, 1865. http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.html -
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Jim Crow Laws
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws Jim Crow Laws are laws established by the US Government.
Some examples of Jim Crow laws are the segregation of public schools, public places, and public transportation, and the segregation of restrooms, restaurants, and drinking fountains for whites and blacks. Jim Crow was a character, who was wearing dark black make up, and making fun of African-Americans on stage with an audience of white people. -
Brown vs. Board of education (U.S. Supreme Court case)
This case made all public schools in the United States of America, avilable for both white and black students. Before this case, public schools in the US were separate between white and black students. And the schools with black students had worse teachers and facilities. -
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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. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_(1955–1968) -
The murder of Emmett Till
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till#Murder Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was an African-American boy who was murdered in Mississippi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white woman. -
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Freedom Riders movement
The Freedom Riders, was an protesting act to abolish slavery in the US. They protesters started their movement on May 4, 1961, in Washington DC, and ended their march on May 17, 1961 in New Orleans. -
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr. On April 4th, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assasinated in Tenesesse. After his speech of Mountain Tops, he returned to his hotel room, and there, he was shot in the head by an unkwoun assasin. -
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Mauritania bannes Slavery and makes it illegal to own slaves
Mauritiana abolished slavery in 1981, although it was only illegal to own slaves in 2007.
