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The 13th Amendment

By Brody Chapman
  • First Slaves in America

    First Slaves in America

    Around 20 Africans were carried to Jamestown, Virginia, and were traded for provisions. These slaves were taken from a Portuguese slave ship. They were not classified as slaves but Indentured Servants at the time.
  • Bacon's Rebellion

    Bacon's Rebellion

    Bacon's Rebellion took place in Virginia and it was a culmination of poor white and black people fighting together because of the Government fastening it's transition to black slavery.
  • First Anti-slave Resolution

    First Anti-slave Resolution

    The Pennsylvania Quakers was the first group of people against slavery in America and Britain but in the early days of America they were the most prominent slave traders. This group primarily consisted of members from the Society of Friends and they actively tried to help in the abolition movement by swaying America and Britain to go against slavery.
  • African Americans in the American Army

    African Americans in the American Army

    George Washington ordered to his recruiting officers that that free blacks were allowed to fight in the American Army. More than 5,000 African Americans fought against the British.
  • The First Slave Act passed by Congress

    The First Slave Act passed by Congress

    This slave act made it a crime to protect an escaped slave and interfere with an arrest of a slave, so an escaped slave was not free if they were caught. If anyone tried to hide and help the escaped slaves a $500 penalty would be set on them or they would have to endure harsh punishment.
  • The First African American Church

    The First African American Church

    The African Methodist Episcopal Church was organized and Richard Allen was it's first Bishop.
  • Nat Turner's Brutal Slave Rebellion

    Nat Turner's Brutal Slave Rebellion

    Nat Turner led the most brutal slave rebellion in United States history. He led the 75 enlisted slaves and killed 60 whites but suffered the casualties of about 200 slaves. He was convinced to do this because of an eclipse of the sun and "divine voices" saying that it was his time to rise up.
  • Dred Scott v. Sandford

    Dred Scott v. Sandford

    In this case the United States ruled that African Americans were not citizens of the united states and they denied the ability for congress to prohibit slavery.
  • First All-Black Regiment in the Union Army

    First All-Black Regiment in the Union Army

    The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry led an attack on Fort Wagner in South Carolina. This Infantry was the first all black regiment in the North for the Union Army. Around 185,000 African American soldiers fought on the side of the Union.
  • Ratification of the 13th Amendment

    Ratification of the 13th Amendment

    The 13th Amendment is where slavery was finally abolished after a long fought Civil War of the North vs the South. The 13th Amendment states, "Neither slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction" (Section 1 of the 13th Amendment).