JR Tackett

By M. Hall

  • The first African slaves arrive in Virginia.

  • Slavery is made illegal in the Northwest Territory.

  • A fugitive slave law is passed to keep slaves from running

    A federal fugitive slave law is enacted, providing for the return slaves who had escaped and crossed state lines.

  • Congress bans the importation of slaves from Africa.

  • Missouri compromise bands slavery from north of Missouri

  • the Missouri Compromise is lifted and creating tension

  • Dred scott case. Slaves are not citizens

  • John Brown and 21 followers capture the federal arsenal

  • The Civil War begins.

  • President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

  • The Thirteenth Amendment ends slavery throughout the United States.

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