Southern Culture Timeline By ryan.henry Jan 1, 1607 Foundation of Jamestown Jan 1, 1619 First African Americans Jan 1, 1620 Plymouth colony Jan 1, 1630 Massachussettes Bay Colony Period: Jan 1, 1640 to Jan 1, 1645 Indentured Servants Outlive Contracts Jan 1, 1730 Middleton Place Built Jul 4, 1776 Signing of Declaration of Independece Jan 1, 1780 Main House at Stagville is built North Carolina Plantation Jan 1, 1861 Beginnning of Civil War Jan 1, 1865 Civil War Ends Period: Jan 1, 1865 to Jan 1, 1940 Sharecropping Jan 1, 1880 New South Movement Henry W. Grady says "Lets bring the mills to the cotton"