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Jan 1, 1508
European Explorers Bring Slaves to America
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invention of the cotton gin
in 1793, the first automated cotton gin was made by eli whiteny -
Slavery Ends in Britain
in 1833, the Slavery abolition Act was passed and slavery was ended in Britain. -
compromise of 1950
the compromise of 1850 was a package of five bills that adressed a dispute between territories of North and south. -
Fugitive slave act
the Fugitive Slave act was an act declaring that all slaves that escaped the south must be brought back, offering a large reward to those who did it. -
Civil War Starts
in 1861, several southern states fromed the confederacy, however, the North rejected the legality of the seccesion and, after a failed peace council, declaired war on them. -
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Civil War
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Slavery ends in America
On January 1st, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that all slaves -
13th Amendment
on April 8th, the senate passed the 13th amendment, declaring that slavery and involentary service was outlawed exept as punishment for crimes. -
Jim crow laws
the jim crow laws were laws stating that white and black people should be separte but equal. needless to say, this did not work because white people got supirior items -
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Brown v.s. Board of Education
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african american civil rights movement
this was a civil rights movement aimed at outlawing racial discrimination of blacks and their right to vote. -
murder of Emmit Till
Emmit Till was murdered in missouri for flirting with a white girl.
he had one eye gouged out and was shot in the ead before being thrown in a river, -
Freedom riders movement
the Freedom Rider were people who rode interstate buses -
Martin Lurther King Jr. Assassinated
on April 4th, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at a motel in tenessee -
Last Country to abolish slavery
in 2007, Mauritania outlaws slavery -
slavery ends in Mauritania
In 2007, the country of Mauritania outlawed slavery, however, slavery is still a problem there. -
Amistad mutiny and trial
The La Amistad was a slave ship on which the slaves revolted and took over. the Americans found them and held them trial, and were decided to be innocent and were freed.
