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May 24, 1472
First Slave Trade Agreement
• Portuguese negotiate the first slave trade agreement that also includes gold and ivory. By the end of the 19th Century, because of the slave trade, five times as many Africans (over 11 million) would arrive in the Americas than Europeans -
WilliamTucker
The first African American child, William Tucker is born in the colony -
Enslaved people must be free
Rhode Island declares an enslaved person must be freed after 10 years of service -
British Slave Trade
The King of England charters the Royal African Company, thereby encouraging the expansion of the British slave trade -
Georgia is last to be enslaved
Georgia is the last of the British North American colonies to legalize slavery -
Antislavery Society
Founding of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery (PAS), the world's first antislavery society and the first Quaker anti-slavery society. Benjamin Franklin becomes Honorary President of the Society in 1787 -
First Autobiograpghy Of A Free Black Man
Publication in London of John Marrant's book, A Narrative of the Lord's Wonderful Dealings with John Marrant, a Black Man, the first autobiography of a free black. -
Liberia Is Estalished
Liberia, on the west coast of Africa, is established by freed American slaves -
Slave Revolt in Virginia
Nat Turner leads slave revolt in Virginia -
Segregration Laws
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the segregation of Montgomery, Ala., buses is unconstitutional. -
Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson becomes the first African American tennis player to win a major title by winning both the women's singles and doubles championships at Wimbledon -
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) begans to organize freedom rides throughtout the south
The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) begins to organize Freedom Rides throughout the South to try to de-segregate interstate public bus travel. -
Nobel Peace
Martin Luther King, Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize -
KIng organizes protest march
King organizes a protest march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, for African American voting rights. A shocked nation watches on television as police club and teargas protesters. -
August Anthony Alsina
August Anthony Alsina was born on September 3,1992 in new Orleans, Louisiana. -
Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry
Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor is taken place in Spokane County, Mississippi. -
My Grandma was diagnoise with cancer
My grandma wasnt feeling well , so we took her took the hospital. After several hours of waiting we went into the hospital room , then the door came the bad news hit me my grandma had cancer. About a year later or so she beat cancer!