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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Europeans Bring Slaves to America
European explorers enslaved lots of natives, but there were many problems with that. Many natives died off, so the Europeans brought slaves from Africa, where slavery had been going on for a very long time. -
Cotton Gin Invented
Eli Whitney created the cotton gin in 1793. It was a machine to take out the seeds from cotton. This machine made cotton more demanded, thus making slaves more "needed", and the growth of slavery was increased. -
Slavery ends in Denmark-Norway
Denmark-Norway was the first country in Europe to abolish slavery. A law that was passed in 1792 takes effect in 1803 to forbid trading slaves. -
Slavery ending in Great Britain
Slavery officially ended in Britain on the first of August, 1834. However, only slaves under the age of 6 were freed in colonies, while everyone else became what were known as "apprentices". This was abolished later on, within about 10 years. -
Amistad Mutiny and Trial
The Amistad mutiny was a slave rebellion that took place on a ship called Amistad. The mutineers were captured and were put on trial in the U.S. The United States antislavery forces won, and in 1841 the U.S. Supreme Court freed the rebels. -
The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 had several laws in it. It stated that California will be admitted to the Union as a free state, that slave auctions will be illegal in the district of Columbia, that the Fugitive Slave Act will be enforced. Also, Texas gave up a lot of its western land, and that the people of New Mexico and Utah were allowed to choose whether the states were slave free or not. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was passed on the 18th of September, 1850, stating that any slaves that ran away to the north (aka, fugitives) were to returned back to their masters. This turned many northerners anti-slavery because they did not want to send slaves back to their owners. -
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Freedom Riders Movement
The Freedom Riders were a group of men and women who challenged the Jim Crows Laws by riding on the opposite sides of the bus where they were supposed to sit, and using different restrooms than they were supposed to (white people would go to the black sections, and vise versa). An example of one of the activists in this group is Rosa Parks, who refused to sit in the "black" section of her bus. -
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Civil War
The war was between the North (or the Union) and the South (or the Confederacy). The Union was trying to abolish slavery, and the Confederacy was fighting to keep slavery. The Confederacy was defeated and slavery was abolished. -
Emancipation Proclamantion
The Emancipation Proclamation was signed by president Abraham Lincoln, stating that all men were created equal. t freed slaves in states that had seceded from the Union, created the tax system, and defined the election process. -
Slavery ends in the United States
The freeing of slaves in the United States happened very gradually. When Lincoln was elected president he had made the 13th ammendment, freeing slaves. The ammendment was passed January 31st, 1865, but the ratification of the ammendment was on the 18th of December, 1865. -
13th Ammendment
The 13th ammendment was passed by congress and then later on was ratified on the 18th of December, 1865. This ammendment officially ended slavery in the U.S. -
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Jim Crow Laws
The Jim Crow laws were laws that everyday people lived by. The laws were saying that black and white people needed to be seperated in schools, businesses, movies, etc. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Brown vs. Board of education was a U.S. supreme court case. The Warren Court's vote (9-0) stated that seperating classrooms by race was unconstitutional and unfair. This was a huge victory in the Civil Rights Movement. -
Martin Luther King JR. Asassinated
Martin Luther King JR was an activist, and leader of the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He was killed in Memphis, Tenessee when he was 39. -
Mauritania abolishes slavery
Mauritania abolished slavery in 1981, but slavery still continued on despite this. In 2007, Mauritania's parliment passed legislation making the practice of slavery illegal and punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
