U.S. Labor History By johns319 Period: Jan 1, 1600 to Jan 1, 1776 Atlantic World Trade Jan 1, 1619 Slave Trade Begins Jan 1, 1664 First Slave Codes in U.S. Jan 1, 1765 Sons of Liberty protest British taxes Period: Jan 1, 1793 to Jan 1, 1865 Plantation Economy Jan 1, 1808 Slave Trade become illegal Period: Jan 1, 1830 to Jan 1, 1839 Eight-Hour Day Movement Jul 1, 1848 Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation Jan 1, 1865 Slavery Abolished Jan 1, 1866 National Labor Union Founded Jan 1, 1869 Knights of Labor Created Jan 1, 1877 National Uprising of Railroad Workers Jan 1, 1886 America Federation of Labor Founded Jan 1, 1905 Industrial Workers of the World Founded Jan 1, 1913 Ford creates the Assembly Line Period: Jan 1, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 WWI Jan 1, 1926 Railway Labor Act Oct 24, 1929 Stock Market Crash Period: Oct 24, 1929 to Jan 1, 1941 Great Depression Jan 1, 1933 FDR proposes New Deal Programs to Congress Period: Jan 1, 1939 to Aug 14, 1945 WWII Jan 1, 1946 Largest Stike Wave in US History