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Period: Jan 1, 1528 to
History of the Atlantic Slave Trade in America
History of the Atlantic Slave Trade in America
The first time a slave entered America was in 1528. Slaves were transfered on a ship to America over the Atlantic Ocean. 50% died on the way to America. The ones that survived were spread, 41 % went to Brazil, 48 % went to the Carribian and 5 % went to the USA. -
Cotton Gin is Invented in the U.S.
Cotton gin
Cotton gin is a machine that seperates cotton fibers from their seeds, allowing manual cotton separation. The fibers are usually in clothes and food. The creator of this machine is Eli Whitney and made this machine in India. -
Slavery Ends in Great Britian
Ending the British slave trade
Lord Stanley presented a plan to the parliament which was called gradual abolition of slavery. The parliament liked the plan and freed the slaves. -
United States v. The Amistad
United States v. The Amistad
This event was about when the black slaves were send to the United States by a ship. On this ship the black people rebelled against the people that were on the ship and were sending them to America. They rebelled because they didn't have another choice than to work for other higher class people in the U.S. -
Slavery Abolished in France
France and the abolition of slavery: slavery was first abolished in France in 1794, then definitively abolished in 1848
Slavery was first abolished on Febuary 4th 1794. The abolity decree said that the convention freed black slaves in all colonies to racism, living in the colonies are French citizens and will enjoy all the rights provided by the Constitution. 1848 French slaves were freed officialy. -
Compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 was getting a package which had five bills passed into the United States. That diffused a four year confrontation of the slave states of the South. This was even during the Mexican-American War. -
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850Fugitive Slave Act was passed on by the United States Congress and was comprimised between Southern slave-holding and Northern Free-Soilers.This is one of the most controversial acts. -
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American Cival War
American Cival WarThe American Cival War was fought in eleven several slave state. They wanted to seprate from America.They (states) wanted the Confederate States of America to be its own country, separate and independent from the United States. Jefferson Davis was chosen as president of the Confederacy. The U.S government and the states that remained loyal to it were called the Union. Every state where slavery was illegal supported the Union. -
Emancipation Proclamation
<ahref='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation' >Emancipation Proclamation</a>The Emancipation Proclamation was an order by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln to free slaves in 10 states. It applied to slaves in the states still in 1863 during the American Civil War. It did not free all slaves in those states, because those areas were still controlled by the Confederacy. It did free at least 20,000 slaves immediately. -
Slavery Ends in the United States
Slavery in the United States
The Emancipation Proclamation did free slaves, but not until January 1st 1863. From then to the end of the war, as soon as Union forces were able to take charge of an area, its slaves were freed. Along with the practice of allowing blacks to fight (and gain much respect doing so) and Lincoln's other political efforts, it helped convince border states to end slavery. -
13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Slavery in the United States was baned in the 13th Amendment was passed by the Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the states on December 6, 1865. -
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Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow laws
The Jim Crow laws used to be laws in America. They were public facilities in Southern states of the former Confederacy, a separate but equal status for African Americans. -
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Freedom Riders
Freedom RidesFreedom Riders were civil rights activists. Those freedom rides were into the segregated southern United States in 1961. Boynton outlawed racial segregation in the restaurants and waiting rooms in terminals serving buses that crossed state lines. The Freedom Riders challenged this status quo by riding various forms of public transportation. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education
The court declared that white and black people should be in different schools. Then 1954 the court decided that the educational laws of seperating whites and blacks was unequal. This ruling paved the way for integration and was a major. This was a victory of the civil rights movement. This event happened in America. -
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African-American History Timeline
African-American History TimelineAfrican-American Civil Rights Movement refers to social movements. This means that they aloud rights for the black people, rights like voting. Enlarged the aims of the Civil Rights Movement to include racial dignity, economic and political self-sufficiency, and freedom from oppression by white Americans. -
The Murder of Emmett Till
The Murder of Emmett Till
The day before Till was kidnapped, brutely beaten, shot and thrown into the Tallahatchie River, he went to a store owned by a white couple, Bryant's Grocery. It was said that he whistled at Mrs. Bryant, and people assumed that was why he was killed. -
Last Country to Ban Slavery
Slavery's Last Stronghold
Slavery still exists in the world but may be under the impression was it completely abolished sometime in the late 19th century. the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia only "officially" outlawed slavery in 1962. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
Dr. Marthin Luther King Jr. was shot on a balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. The .30-caliber rifle bullet entered King's right cheek, traveled through his neck, and finally stopped at his shoulder blade, arrested James Earl Ray though many people said he was innocent. King was killed because he had a speech about his dream that the white and black would be equal.
