Slavery in America

By noabtl

  • beginning of slavery in America

    20 african slaves are brought to a British colony in Virginia
  • Period: to

    abolition of slavery in the north

    The northern states of America start to abolished slavery, but it still remains in the south

  • beginning of the Underground Railroad

    Northern people help slaves to go to the north, to the free states

  • invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney

  • Slave rebellion led by Gabriel Prosser in Richmond

  • the African slave trade is outlawed

    The U.S Congress declares that the slave trade is now illegal, the American population starts to enslave

  • Slave rebellion led by Denmark Vesey in Charleston

  • The Underground Railroad becomes more used

    This road helped between 40 000 to 100 000 slaves to be free.
  • Period: to

    the abolishment of slavery spread everywhere

    The movement to abolish slavery starts to grow, and many starts to support the cause, such as Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison or Harriet Beecher Stowe.

  • Slave rebellion led by Nat Turner in Virginia

    Around 75 black slaves followed Turner in that Rebellion, they murdered around 60 white people in two days. They were stopped when the militia forces came.

  • 4 million of slaves are free

  • declaration of president Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln, president of the U.S, officialy declares that any slaves within state or in the state in Rebellion is now free.

  • end of the Civil War

  • the 13th Amendment is adopted

    Slavery is officialy abolished.