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First Amrican Americans arrive in Virginia
The slave trade carries Africans to Virginia -
Illegal
Slavery is made illegal in the northern territories, the Conctitution states that the slave trade cannot be banned until 1808 -
Fugitive Slave Law
The fugitive slave law says that all escaped slaves must be returned. -
Bans Slave Trade
Congress bans the slave trade from Africa -
The Missouri Compromise
All states north of Missouri bans slavery -
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman becomes one of the most widely known leaders of the Underground Railroad and escapes from slavery -
Dred Scott Case
The Dred Scott Case verdict states that the government cannot banslavery and slaves are not citizens -
Civil War
The southern states secede and the Civil War begins -
Lincoln Assassination
President Abraham Lincoln in assassinated -
14th amendment
The 14 amendment states that all people born in the United States are citizens, including slaves, which disregards the Dred Scott Case -
15th amendment
The 15th amendment gives African Americans the right to vote -
Harlem Renaissance
A time period of great development in black history and community where art, literature, culture, and intelect flourish -
Brown v. Board of Education Topeka, Kansas
This case declares that reacial segregation in the education system is unconstitutional -
Obama
Barack Hussein Obama becomes the first African American president of the United States