Social Studies By tariarivers94 Period: Sep 10, 1600 to Sep 10, 1900 Slavery Sep 9, 1619 Arrival of the first slaves Sep 16, 1641 Masschusetts first colony to legalize slavery Sep 16, 1662 Virgina enacts a law of heredity slavery Sep 10, 1700 Slavery was being Practiced throughtout American colonies Sep 16, 1705 Defines slaves as real estate Sep 16, 1712 Slave revolt in New York Sep 10, 1774 Northern States started to abloished Slavery Sep 18, 1781 Masschusetts slaves sue their for freedom Sep 10, 1793 Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin Sep 10, 1800 Slaves worked on bigger plantations cvxcvsdfas Sep 10, 1861 Start of the Civil War Sep 5, 1862 Lincoln issued a preliminary emancipation Jan 1, 1863 Lincoln offically freed all slaves Sep 10, 1865 End of the Civil War Sep 10, 1865 13 Amendment Adopted Sep 10, 1868 14th Amendment Sep 10, 1870 15 Amendment