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English settlers in Virginia purchase 20
English settlers in Virginia purchase 20 Africans from a Dutch ship. The Africans were sold as indentured servants, not slaves. The distinction being an indentured servant may ultimately become free for working for some number of years. It was not long before all Africans arriving were treated as slaves, bought and sold into a lifetime of slavery for them and their descendents -
South Carolina a band of slaves starts an insurrection
In the town of Stono, South Carolina a band of slaves starts an insurrection. Previous runaway slaves had made their way to Florida, where they had been given freedom and land. The Spanish had issued a proclamation stating that any slave who deserted to St. Augustine, Florida would be given freedom. -
Pennsylvania abolishes slavery
Pennsylvania became the first state to abolish slavery with a laws calling for gradual abolition. -
Missouri enters the Union
Missouri becomes the twenty fourth state and enters the Union as a slave state. -
A Compromise Tariff Act
A Compromise Tariff Act is passed as a means of gradually reducing the tariffs of concern in the southern states. Confrontation is averted with this compromise. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves in the southern states and laid the groundwork for slaves to eventually be freed across the country. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle of the war, with a total of over 46,000 casualties – nearly 8,000 of which were killed.
It lasted 3 days and it was know as the turning point in the war. -
Abraham Lincoln wins re-election
Sherman’s victory in Atlanta boosted Lincoln’s popularity and helped him win re-election. This was a very important moment in the war. -
The United States defeated the Confederate
The United States defeated the Confederate States and abolished slavery nation-wide. -
13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution declared that "Neither slavery nor 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." Formally abolishing slavery in the United States, the 13th Amendment was passed by the Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the states on December 6, 1865. -
A southern sympathizer
Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, a southern sympathizer. -
Ford`s Theater
Abrahim Lincoln got killed at the Ford`s Theater. In Washington D.C. -
Ku Klux Klan Formed
A group of Confederate veterans convenes to form the secret society the "Ku Klux Klan." The KKK wished to ensure the local African American population did not gain civil and legal rights -
the Fourteenth Amendment To The Constitution
The Fourteenth Amendment To The Constitution, Section 1 of the Amendment was able to overrule 1857's Dred Scott Decision (in the Supreme Court) to deny citizenship to slaves. It states that all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction of thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State in which they reside. Section 4 had gone on to prevent claims for the loss or emancipation of slaves. -
15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
The 15th Amendment to the Constitution granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
