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Slaves arrive in the Americas
<a href='' >http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=449</a>
Europeans brought slaves to the Americas in the late 1700s. People would rely on slaves to raise crops, clear forests, and mine precious metals. -
Cotton Gin
<a href='' >http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventions/a/cotton_gin.htm</a>
Before cotton gin, farming cotton required hundreds of man-hours to separate the cottonseed from the raw cotton fibers. Simple seed-removing devices have been around for centuries, however, Eli Whitney's invention automated the seed separation process.Eli Whitney was the inventor of the cotton gin and a pioneer in the mass production of cotton. -
Slavery ends in England
<a href='' >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833</a>
The Slavery Abolition Act was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It abolished slavery throughout the British Empire. -
Compromise of 1850
<a href='' >http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Compromise1850.html</a>
The Compromise of 1850 consists of five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery. Senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions on January 29, 1850, in an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South. Some states wanted to be free while others wanted slavery and encouraged slave owners. -
Fugitive Act
<a href='' >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850</a>
The Fugitive Act declared that all runaway slaves were, upon capture, to be returned to their masters. Before the Fugitive Act the slaves who were in free states couldn't be captured, but now they could be taken back no matter where they were. -
Amistad Court Case
<a href='' >http://www.kids.ct.gov/kids/cwp/view.asp?a=2573&q=392830</a>
The Amistad court case was when Africans were fighting for their freedom from Spain. The court heard the arguments of Van Buren and the Amistad Defense Team. It ruled the Africans were free from Spain as they were not slaves.The court also said that the government must send the Africans back to their homeland. -
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Civil War in the USA
<a href='' >http://www.infoplease.com/timelines/slavery.html</a>
The Civil War started because the North wanted to abolish slavery while the South wanted to keep slavery. The North won and ever since slavery is illegal. -
Signing the Emancipation Proclamation
<a href='' >http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/emancipation+proclamation</a>The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863. It freed the slaves in those territories still in rebellion against the Union. -
Slavery ends in the USA
The Thirteenth Amendment abolishes slavery throughout the United States. The Civil War ended and Lincoln was assasinated.
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US ratifies 13th amendment to the Constitution
<a href='' >http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/13th-amendment-ratified</a>
The United States Government ratifies the 13th amendment to the Constitution. This ended the civil war and slavery was officially illegal. -
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Jim Crow Laws
<a href='' >http://www.nps.gov/malu/forteachers/jim_crow_laws.htm</a>Some states allowed legal punishments on people for consorting with members of another race. -
Slavery ends in Cuba
<a href='' >http://www.historyofcuba.com/history/race/EndSlave.htm</a>
Under the terms of the Pact of Zanjón, which ended the The Ten Year War in 1878, slaves who fought on either side of the war were set free. Some slaves who did not fight had to endure almost another decade of slavery. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
<a href='' >http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=347&invol=483</a>
Linda Brown wasn't allowed to attend her town's elementary school because she was African- American. She was forced to walk an extra 20 blocks to attend the school for only African-American children. This case was argued for a long time until the government decided to pass a law stating that white and African-American children could go to the same schools and banned segregation in public schools. -
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African-American Civil Rights Movement
<a href='' >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_(1955–1968)</a>
The African-American Civil Rights Movement is when people wanted to outlaw racial discrimination against African-Americans and gives them voting rights. The most important people involved are: W. E. B. Du Bois, Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr. -
Emmett Till is Murdered
<a href='' >http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/early-civilrights/emmett.html</a>
14 year old Emmett Till was kidnapped then murdered for flirting with the white wife of a store owner. He was born in Chicago, but in Missippi when killed. Both whites and blacks of America were amazed. -
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Freedom Riders
<a href='' >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_riders</a>
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the southern United States. Freedom Riders were people who wanted to test a new law of every person is allowed to ride on the same public transportation. The first Freedom Ride left Washington, D.C., on May 4, 1961 and was scheduled to arrive in New Orleans on May 17. -
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Freedom Riders
<a href='' >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_riders</a>
Freedom Riders were people who wanted to test the new law of public transportation is allowed to be used by everyone. They were the civil rights activists who rode buses into the segregated United States. -
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated
<a href='' >http://history1900s.about.com/cs/martinlutherking/a/mlkassass.htm</a>
At 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was hit by a sniper's bullet. King had been standing on the balcony in front of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, when, without warning, he was shot. He was important because he fought for African-American people's rights. -
Last Country to Abolish Slavery
<a href='' >http://www.omg-facts.com/view/Facts/32666</a>
The last country in the world to abolish slavery was Mauritania, located in western Africa. While every country has made slavery illegal, that doesn't mean people don't have slaves.
