-
This sparked the beginning of the Transatlantic Slave trade as slaves first arrived in the New World in the present day Dominican Republic.
-
Slavery began to spread north into present day Florida, becoming vital to the life of St. Augustine residents in the first permanent settlement in Florida.
-
The English colonies receive their first slaves as they assist in the booming business of tobacco in Virginia. This first amount was small at 20 slaves.
-
Being the first of the colonies to do so, Massachusetts sparked an interest that would continue for over 200 years in the English colonies.
-
This became the first documented slave revolt in the colonies as slavery began to expand rapidly.
-
This new crop would be a large advancement economically for the colonies, sparking a high demand for slaves again.
-
In South Carolina, the population of African American slaves surpass the number of white people.
-
Repealing a prohibition earlier made, slaves were now allowed to be brought to Georgia ports, increasing demand in the nonpopulated area
-
Georgia, Connecticut, and Rhode Island are the first states to prohibit the importation of new slaves.
-
Being the first to start the end of slavery, Vermont abolishes slavery in an attempt to have other states follow behind.
-
Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin, skyrocketing the demand for slaves in the southern states.
-
In an overall attempt to end slaves from arriving in the country, many laws were passed to prevent companies from bringing slaves but smuggling soon became a large problem.
-
After her escape, she would later return 15 times to bring back several groups of slaves in an effort to free them.
-
After several years of increasing tensions over slavery, the South finally secedes, starting the outbreak of the civil war.
-
The end of the slavery trade in the United States was found at the end of the Civil War as the north found victory. The south was forced to give African Americans the freedoms they deserved and slavery was abolished throughout the country.
