Southern Culture By flyawayseagle22 Jan 1, 1607 Jamestown Colony Formation Jan. 1st, 1607 Jan 1, 1619 First African Amercian Slaves Jan 1, 1620 Plymouth Colony Jan 1, 1630 Mass. Bay Colony Period: Jan 1, 1640 to Jan 1, 1645 Servants Outlive Contracts Sep 19, 1730 Middleton Place Jan 1, 1776 Signing of Declaration Jan 1, 1780 Stagville Jan 1, 1861 Beginning of Civil War Jan. 1st, 1861 Jan 1, 1865 Civil War Ends Jan. 1st, 1865 Period: Jan 1, 1866 to Jan 1, 1940 sharecropping Sep 19, 1880 Beginning of the New South Movement Bring the mills to the cotton