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Period: Jan 1, 1502 to
European Explorers bring slaves to the Americas
In 1502 European explorers began bringing african slaves into the americas on a large scale, after that U.S. abolished importing slaves into U.S.
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Cotton Gin invented in US
Cotton gin is a machine designed to remove cotton from its seeds, it was invented by Eli Whitney. This is one of the many iventions that was made during the American Industrial Revolution. Source -
Slavery ends in Great Britain
A Bill to abolish slavery throughout the British Empire passed in the House of Commons in July, followed by the House of Lords on 1st August. There were many debates about abolishing slavery in the UK.
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The Amistad mutiny
In 1839 a couple of african americans rebelled against the U.S. They had a trial for the rebells in 1840.
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Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugutive Slave Act is a passage of slaveholding rights in Texas, which allowed California to enter the union as a free state & prohibited slave trade in the Distric of Columbia. This Act was hated by abolitionists, which toked the fire of the Underground Railroad
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Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 are five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery. The compromise of 1850 was introduced by Senator Henry Clay.
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Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in U.S.
The Emancipation Proclamation is a document signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln. The document was for freeing the slaves then were held in the states in rebellion to the United States.
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U.S. ratifies 13th amendemnt to the Constitution
The 13th Amendment to the US Constitution declared that "neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." Formally abolishing slavery in the U.S.
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Jim Crow Laws
The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws in the United States, about the concering law for "separate but equal" status for African Americans.
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Brown vs. Board of education (U.S. Supreme Court case)
African-American children in Topeka, Kansas, weren't allowed to go to an all-white school due to rules allowing for separate but equal facilities.
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Civil Rights Movement for African Americans in the U.S.
Social movements in the U.S aimed at outlawing racial discrimination against African-Americans & restoring voting their rights.
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The murder of Emmett Till
Emmett Till, a 14 year old african american boy was murdered for whistling at a white woman. He was snatched from his great-uncles home in Missisipi, shot in the head, beaten & thrown into the Tallahatchie River. This caused one of the sparks of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Slavery in Tibet abolished by China
Slavery in Tibet is abolished by China after the Dalai Lama flees.
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Freedom Riders movement
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists(people who were outlawing racial discrimination against African Americans)who rode inerstate busses to test the US supreme court descisions about racial segregation.
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr. was Assassinated at 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968. He was shot at the Lorraine Motel. This event brought up a massive wave of riots in the US.
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Last country in the world to ban slavery
The last country to ban slavery was Mauritania in 1981. But slavery still continues in different parts of the world. The work of the global abolitionist movement continues.
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