-
Period: Jan 1, 1550 to
European Bring African Slaves to America
PBSPrior to getting slaves from america europeans had already gotten slaves from Africa which they brought with them to America to work in the fields as the locals got infected by the desieses brought there by the the europeans. Europeans brought about 12 million slaves from africa to America. -
Eli Whitney creates the Cotten Gin
WikipediaEli Whitney created the cotten gin which revelutionised the cotten industry in the US. It eased up cotten farming as it could generate up to fifty pounds of clean cotten daily. -
Slave in Scotland
Education ScotlandScotland abolished slavery in 1807 even though the scots had alot of slaves and it also gained them alot of wealth. -
Slavory Ends in Great Britain
WikipediaSlavery in Great Britain was ended by law on the first of August in 1838. However some colonies still accepted slavorie. -
The Amistad mutiny and Trial
WikipediaThe Amistad, also known as United States v. Libellants and Claimants of the Schooner Amistad was a United States Supreme Court law suit as a result of the rebellion of Africans on board the Spanish schooner La Amistad in 1839. It was an unusual "freedom suit" which involved international issues and parties, as well as United States law. -
Compromise of 1850
WikipediaThe Compromise of 1850 was a package of five bills passed in the United States in September 1850, which diffused a four-year confrontation between the slave states of the South and the free states of the North regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War (1846–1848). -
Fugitive Slave Act
WikipediaThe fugitive law that was passed by the United States Congress states that all runaway slaves were, upon capture to be returened to their masters. -
Period: to
Civil War
The Civil War was between the Uninon and the Confederate States. The main problem of this war was Slavery and fortunetly after 4 years the Union won and slavery ended in America. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Featured DocumentsThe Empancipation Proclamation was a proclamation that released slaves in the Confederate States of America. -
Slavory Ends in America
WikipediaSlavery ended by law in 1865 however regardless of law slavery was still present even though it was practiced much less it was still minorly present. The law may have changed but peoples mentality didn't. -
Period: to
Jim Crow Laws
WikipediaThe Jim Crow Laws mandated segregation in all public facilities in Southern States of the former Confederacy with a "seperate but equal" status for African Americans. It lead to a large number of disadvanteges for African Americans. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
WikipediaThe Brown vs Board of Education, ended legeal segregation in public schools. This big case was overall five different cases. They were also held in five different places including Kansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, South Carolina, and Virginia. -
Period: to
Civil Rights Movemet for Black Americans
WikipediaThe goal of the Civil Rights movement was to ban discrimination against black americans and giving the right to vote. -
Period: to
Freedom Riders Movement
About.comThe Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who took interstate buses into the segregated United States to test the Suprem Cout's decisions. -
US Raflies the 13th Amendment to Constitution
National ArchivesThe thirteenth amentment to the Constitution outlawed slavery and involuntary servitude, unless if it is a punishment of crime. It was one of the three Reconstruction Amendments adopted after the American Civil War. -
Martin Luther King, Jr. is assasinated
Nobelprize.orgMartin Luther King, Jr. was a man that stood up against everybody else, he was a man that said no to any race being supperior to another, however unfortunetly not everyone thought this same way and thereby on April 4, 1968 he was shot standing on the blacony of his motel room. -
Slavery Ends in Mauritania
CNNEven though slavery was legally "ended" in 1981 it did not become a crime to own a slave until 2007. It has also been proven that various forms of slavery are still practiced in Mauritania.
