Quest For Freedom Final By dscott25 Jan 2, 1619 Slaves First arrive in Virginia Feb 15, 1641 Massachusetts first colony to legalize slavery Mar 4, 1660 Slavery is legally recongnized asn an institution in British America Jan 5, 1705 Slaves beegan to be describe as real estate Apr 7, 1712 Slave revolt takes place in New York, 9 whites killed Sep 9, 1739 Slave named cato leads slave revolt in South Carolina Jan 6, 1773 Massachusetts slaves petition the legislature for freedom Feb 16, 1790 Start of the underground Railroad May 3, 1793 Fugitive Slave Act Jan 15, 1820 Missouri Compromise Oct 19, 1838 Slavery ended in New England Feb 2, 1866 4-5,000 Blacks march in Washington, D.C celebrating the end of slavery Feb 26, 1869 15th Amendment approved, granting blacks the right to vote Mar 1, 1875 Civil Rights Act of 1875 Oct 15, 1883 Civil Rights Act of 1875 overturned Jan 11, 1890 African Americans disenfranchised Mar 29, 1908 Race Riot Feb 12, 1909 NAACP is formed Apr 11, 1913 Federal Segregation May 17, 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks arrested for not giving up her bus seat Dec 1, 1955 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, organizes the "Montgomery Bus Boycott" May 28, 1960 Woolworth's Lunch Counter Sit-Ins, by students from Tougaloo College to protest segregated restaurants Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 in effect Feb 21, 1965 Malcolm X is assassinated Aug 6, 1965 Voting Rights Act is placed in effect May 3, 1968 All forms of segregation is declared unconstitutional Jun 10, 1968 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is Assassinated Jan 20, 2009 History is made in the United States. The first black president Barack Obama is elected into office
