Slavery injustice by Shane McMillian By SwagYoloMaster Jan 29, 1335 Sweden makes slavery illegal In 1335 Sweden including finland in this time made slavery illegal. Period: Jan 1, 1502 to Jan 1, 1808 European Explorers bring slaves to the Americas IIn around 1502 europeans began bringing african slaves into the americas on a large scale, then the U.S. outlawed importing slaves into U.S. Jan 1, 1793 Cotton gin was invented The cotton gin was invented in 1793 by Eli Whitney Aug 1, 1834 Slavery ends in Great Britain 1833 On August 1st 1834 all slavery was abolished from great britain which was due because of the Slavery Abolition Act which started in 1833 Jan 1, 1840 The Amistad mutiny In 1839 some african americans rebelled against the U.S. and had the trial for these rebells in 1840 Sep 1, 1850 Compromise of 1850 In semptember 1850 five bills were passed to make a compromise between the free states and the slave states Sep 18, 1850 Fugitive slave act On 1850 the united states congress passed the fugitive slave act as a part of the compromise of 1850 Period: Sep 1, 1861 to Apr 1, 1865 The U.S. fights in the American civil war The American civil started in 1861 and lasted for four years then ended in 1865 Jan 1, 1863 Slavery ends in the United States On January First 1863 president Abraham Linoln issued the emancipation proclomation which abolished all slavery in america Jan 1, 1863 The emanicpation proclomation was assigned by president Lincoln On January 1st 1863 president Lincoln issued the emanicaption proclamation Dec 16, 1865 The U.S. ratifies the 13th amendment On december 16th 1865 the U.S. ratified the 13th amendment to the constitution Period: Jan 1, 1867 to Jan 1, 1965 Jim crow laws Starting in 1867 the jim crow laws were issued and ended in 1965 these laws were used to seperate white and black citizens May 1, 1869 Brown v. Board of education ( U.S. supreme court case) In 1869 the U.S. supreme court discussed of seperating black and white kids into different schools. Period: Jan 1, 1955 to Jan 1, 1968 Civlil rights movement for afircan americans in the U.S. In 1955 the Civil rights movement started but ended soon in 1968 Period: Jul 1, 1955 to Apr 1, 1965 Freedom riders movement The freedom riders started in 1955 and ended in 1965 Aug 28, 1955 Murder of emmett till In the early morning of August 28th 1955 Emmett Till was murdered by three men Apr 4, 1968 Assassination of Martin Luther King On april 4th 1968 Martin Luther king was shot in the neck by James Earl Ray. Luther King was rushed to the hospital and confirmed dead on 7:05 pm Jun 1, 2007 Mauritania bans slavery in their country In 2007 Mauritania bans slavery for a thrid time in their country.
