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First Slaves brought into America
Slavery in America began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619 -
Free African Americans are allowed to enlist in the Continental Army
African americans,if free could now fight in the army. -
Slaves escape using Underground Railroad
a Vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and to Canada -
Harriet Tubman
In September of 1850 , Harriet was made an official "conductor" of the UGRR. This meant that she knew all the routes to free territory and she had to take an oath of silence so the secret of the Underground Railroad would be kept secret -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin published
Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, is published. The novel sold 300,000 copies within three months and gave an inside look of the cruelties of slavery . -
Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln freed slaves in the Southern states in rebellion -
President Abraham Lincoln
Freed the slaves , and sought out black rights . -
Civil War begins
The war between the north and the south . -
George Washington Carve
Carver is the first black student to attend Iowa State College of Agriculture. -
NAACP is founded
African-American civil rights organization in the United States. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
13-month mass protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional. -
Martin Luther King, Jr.
On December 5, he is elected president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, making him the official spokesman for the boycott. -
Civil Rights Act passed
Forbade discrimination on the basis of sex as well as race in hiring, promoting, and firing. -
Voting Rights Act passed
It made it a federal crime to deny anyone the right to vote and it was actually enforced. -
Eli Whitney
made the cotton gin
