My Timeline

By cfulcher

  • A year before the Mayflower, the first 20 African slaves are sold to settlers in Virginia as "indentured servants."

    A year before the Mayflower, the first 20 African slaves are sold to settlers in Virginia as "indentured servants."

  • Georgia is the last of the British North American colonies to legalize slavery.

    Georgia is the last of the British North American colonies to legalize slavery.

  • Abolitionist Thomas Paine's African Slavery in America published in the Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser.

    Abolitionist Thomas Paine's African Slavery in America published in the Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser.

  • Gradual Emancipation Act passed in Pennsylvania.

    Gradual Emancipation Act passed in Pennsylvania.

  • Lucy Terry, first known African American poet writes "Bars Fight"

    Lucy Terry Prince writes "Bars Fight". No exact date is given only a year.
  • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry By: Mildred Taylor

    Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry By: Mildred Taylor

    Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry took place in 1934 onward in Mississippi.

  • Musician Chuck Berry begins recording; his music will help shape rock-and-roll.

    Musician Chuck Berry begins recording; his music will help shape rock-and-roll.

  • Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat

    Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus to a white person, triggering a successful, year-long African American boycott of the bus system.
  • Muhammad Ali won the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship

    Muhammad Ali won the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship

    Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. (Muhammad Ali) won the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship.
  • Adam Richard Sandler was born on this day

    Adam Richard Sandler was born on this day

    Adam Richard Sandler was born on September 9, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York.

  • I won the Third Grade Spelling Bee

    I won the 3rd Grade Spelling Bee but, I forgot the exact date, I put a rough estimate as date. :/