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Period: Jan 28, 1502 to
The atlantic slave trade
The begining of slave trading started in places in Europe and they were importing slaves from Afriza to do labor work. -
Cotton gin is invented in U.S.
Cotton GinEli Whitney invented the cotton gin, which could successfully sparate the seeds from the cotton. It was very popular in the South, and the South became the main cotton producing source. -
Slavery ends in Britain
Slavery ends in BritainThe abolition of slavery ended in 1833, The act declares that the former enslaved people must serve a period of 6 years apprenticeship before receiving full emancipation. -
The Amistad mutiny and trial
Amistad TrialsA supreme court case in the U.S. becuase of the rebellion of Africans on board the Schooner La Amistad (ship). -
Fugitive Slave Act
Fugitive Slave ActIn 1850 the Fugitive Slave Law was passed in the U.S. It declared that all slaves runaways that were found were to be captured, and returned to their owners. -
Compromise of 1850
Compromis of 1850A package of 5 bills that which let out a four-year confrontation between the slave states of the South and the free states of the North about the status of territories obtained during the Mexican-American War. -
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The Civil War is fought in the United States of America
11 States declared that they didn't want ot be part of the U.S. anymore, and they formed "The Confederacy", and wanted for all of the confederate states to become their own country. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation ProclamationOrder issued to the executive branch (including army and navy) during the Civil War, but it was a law that was never passed by congress. It said that all those enslaved in Confederate territory to be forever free, -
Slavery ends in the U.S.
Slavery ends in the U.S.Slavery is U.S. ends in 1865 when the 13th amemdment states the abolition of slavery. -
U.S. ratifies 13th amendment to the Constitution
13th AmendmentThe U.S. accepts the 13th amendment, formally aboliating slavery in the U.S that was passed by the Congress. -
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Jim Crow Laws
They aprroved racial segregation in public facilities in Southern states of the states that used to be a part of the Confederacy. -
End of Slavery in Cuba
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Cuba, 1886 the abolition of Slavery was confirmed, because of all of the protests. -
Brown v. Board of education(U.S. Supreme Court case)
Brown v. BoardBrown vs. Board of education (U.S. Supreme Court case) was a supreme court case in which the decision of putting African-American people in one school and white people in another, but it was declined. -
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Freedom Riders movement
In 1955 the Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that African-American people could sit wherever they please in the bus. -
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Civil Rights Movement for African Americans in the U.S.
Social movements trying to outlaw racial discrimination towards African-Americans and to let them be able to vote again, -
The murder of Emmett Till
Murder of Emmett TillEmmett Till was an African-American who was 14 years old when he was killed. He was reportedly mingling with a white woman in Mississippi, and was shot because of discrimination. -
Death of Martin Luther King Jr.
Death of Martin Luther King Jr.Martin luther King Jr. was shot his cheek when he was standing on the second floor balcony of the motel. He was an activist, and leader of the African-American civil rights movement, and he died because people didn't like that he was a leader of African-American civil rights. -
Last country in the world to end Slavery
Last country to end slaveryMauritania abolishes slavery in 1988, and the government denies the existence of slavery in Mauritania.
