12 Years a slave- Slavery By ehster1 Jan 1, 1619 1619- First Africans arrived in Virginia http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p263.html Jan 1, 1643 1643- The practice of slavery becomes legalized http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/timeline/1641.html Jan 1, 1662 1662- Hereditary Slavery Virginia law decrees that children of black mothers “shall be bond or free according to the condition of the mother. 1662- Hereditary Slavery Virginia law decrees that children of black mothers “shall be bond or free according to the condition of the mother. Jan 1, 1664 1664- New York and New Jersey legalize slavery http://slavenorth.com/newjersey.htm Jan 1, 1666 1666- Maryland passes fugitive law http://slavery.msa.maryland.gov/html/antebellum/histlaw.html Jan 1, 1676 1676- In Virginia, black slaves and black and white indentured servants band together to participate in Bacon's rebellion https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/bacons-rebellion.htm Jan 1, 1682 1682- Virginia declares that all imported black servants are slaves for life http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/timeline/1676.html Jan 1, 1684 1684- New York makes it illegal for slaves to sell goods http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/16/us/politics/us-closing-a-loophole-on-products-tied-to-slaves.html?_r=0 Jan 1, 1700 1700- Pennsylvania legalizes slavery http://slavenorth.com/pennsylvania.htm Jan 1, 1787 1787- northwest ordinance bans slavery https://billofrightsinstitute.org/founding-documents/primary-source-documents/northwest-ordinance/ Jan 1, 1793 1793- fugitive slave law, allows owners to cross state lines to recapture their slaves http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fugitive-slave-acts Jan 1, 1808 1808- bans importation of slaves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_Prohibiting_Importation_of_Slaves Jan 1, 1831 1831- nat turner instigates a slave revolt, he and his followers kill 57 whites but the revolt is unsuccessful and up to 200 slaves are killed http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6811/ Jan 1, 1851 1851- Uncle Tom's Cabin is written https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/utc/ Jan 1, 1855 1855-1856- a miniature civil war known as bleeding kansas erupts in kansas over the issue of slavery http://www.history.com/topics/bleeding-kansas
