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Slavery first began in America when a Portuguese ship with about 20-30 slaves came to america and sold them for supplies. Two days later a second ship came along (The Treasurer) and it carried more than 400 slaves, but only half of them lived. The slaves that made it to America were then transferred to Jamestown, Virginia where they were held hostage and slavery began. -
Harriet Tubman was a conductor of the underground railroad in Dorchester County, Maryland. Harriet Tubman made about 19 trips into the south freeing over 300 slaves in about a 10-Year time span. -
Eleven southern states secede from the United States, the first being South Carolina as the others followed. The war then started and was fought for a long four years. The south then surrendered and slavery was outlawed in America at this time. -
In South Carolina the "Port Royal Experiment" began 7 months after the Civil War Started. The "Port Royal Experiment" was an experiment in which former slaves, and military authorities, abolitionists and teachers from the North first tested emancipation and the transition to freedom. -
President Abraham Lincoln issued the executive order Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. The proclamation declared that all slaves within the rebellious states shall be free. This executive order only applied to the states that had seceded from the United States. The freedom the executive order promised also depended on the United States military victory in the Civil War. -
The United States Senate passes a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment; abolishing slavery. This passed with a vote 38 to 6. -
The black codes were laws that were established in some states after the civil war that gave said states the right to punish blacks like slaves for crimes they committed. States that enacted the black codes included Mississippi, South Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, and Arkansas. -
The United States House of Representatives passes the joint resolution proposing the 13th amendment of the constitution; abolishing slavery. The (HOR) passed the amendment with a vote of 119 to 56. The proposed amendment then was sent to the states for ratification. -
The Reconstruction Amendments includes the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery. The 14th established equal citizenship for African- Americans. And the 15th gave the right for African -Americans to vote. These three amendments played a big role for African-Americans freedom and citizenship in the United States. -
The 13th Amendment was finally passed and ratified by Congress on December 6th, 1865. This amendment abolished slavery in the United States of America.