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Brought to Jamestown, Virginia
https://www.myajc.com/lifestyles/1619-the-first-africans-arrive-the-new-world/ymhFu5bczYAUjPLDBX4mnK/ -
10-13 million Africans were abducted and sold as slaves mostly in America
http://www.456fis.org/SLAVERY_SEGREGATION_And_Genocide_In_America.htm -
Brutal slave laws passed in Virginia
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The U.S. Congress passes an act to “prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States…from any foreign kingdom, place, or country.”
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-abolishes-the-african-slave-trade -
Even after the ban by Congress, between 1808 and 1865, traders smuggled 270,000 slaves into the USA.
http://www.456fis.org/SLAVERY_SEGREGATION_And_Genocide_In_America.htm -
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed emancipation of slaves.
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-slavery/chronology-who-banned-slavery-when-idUSL1561464920070322 -
The 13th Amendment declares that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude… shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/slavery-abolished-in-america -
Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on race, sex, national origin, or religion. Title VI prohibits public access discrimination, leading to school desegregation.
https://www.mtholyoke.edu/~kmporter/reparationtimeline.htm
