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Period: Jan 29, 1528 to
First Imported Slaves to America
Europeans imported slaves from Africa to Europe, first known about in 1502, in the new world. -
Cotton Gin
The cotton gin was a metal device that quickly separates cotton from seeds and it was made by an American inventor Eli Whitney. -
End of Slavery in Sweden
Sweden never authorized any types of slavery, but arranged a settlement to ban the African slave trade. -
End to Slavery in Great Britain
In 1833 slavery was ended in Great Britain. This year was when The Slavery Abolition Act was made to get rid of all of the slaves. -
The Amistad Munity and Trial
The Amistad Munity was a slave rebellion that took place in Cuba with connections in the American abolition movement. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 was a package of 5 dollar bills that separated states that believed in slavery and the ones that didn't. -
Fugitive Slave Act
On september 18th 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was officially passed by the United States congress. The fugitive Slave act stated "slave power conspiracy" -
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The Civil War is fought in the United States of America.
The civil war began in 1861 and ended in 1865. The war was about northern and southern views on slavery. The South believed that nobody should tell anybody what to do, since they were mostly about agriculture and plantation, and the North (the Union) believed that they should have slavery in factories and workers. The Union won. -
The signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.
This document included all segments of the Executive branch (including army and navy) and was signed by America's president Abraham Lincoln. -
13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment was added on january 31st and was admitted by the US on december 6th. The Amendment states "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." -
End to Slavery in the US
Slavery in the US ended (was supposed to) in 1865 after the Civil War,6 months after the 13th Amendment. -
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Jim Crows Laws
The Jim Crow Laws were local laws in the US starting in 1876 and going on until 1965.These laws stated a "seperate but equal" status for African Americans. -
Brown v. Board of Education
This was a case in the Supreme Court of the United States. This court decided the laws of all races student to be put in the same school without descrimination. -
African American Civil Rights Movement
In 1955, the Aftican American Civil Rights Movement was going on until 1968. This was giving African-Americans rights to vote and to outlaw color descrimination. -
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Civil Rights Movement for African Americans in the U.S
The civil rights movement for African Americans in the US outlawed all descrimination between races and giving African Americans to have to power to vote again, in 1955. -
The Murder of Emmett Till
On august 28th Emmett Till was murdered and then thrown into a river for flirting with a white woman. -
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Freedom Riders Movement
This movement was when civil acts activists rode buses with people from different races to different parts of America on May 4th 1961. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assasination
In 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assasinated with a .30 caliber bullet. He was pronounced dead at 7:05 pm. -
Last country in the world to ban slavery
In 1981, the last country in the world Mauritania signed the abolition of slavery.
