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Slavery Timeline

By Kelcie Marie
  • Slaves In America

    Slaves In America

    Slavery in America began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown.

  • First Fugitive Slave Act

  • Slave Trade Abolished.

  • Missouri Compromise

  • Wilmot Proviso

    The Wilmot Proviso was designed to eliminate slavery within the land acquired as a result of the Mexican War

  • Compromise of 1850

  • Second Fugitive Slave Act

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin Published

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

  • Bleeding Kansas

  • Dred Scott v. Sandford

    Supreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent, whether free or slave, were not American citizens and could not sue in federal court.

  • John Brown's Raide on Harpers Ferry