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First Slave Ship arrives
The first slave ship, which only carried about 20 slaves, arrived in the Virginia Colony exchanging food and goods for slaves. -
John Punch
John Punch runs away. He is later caught and sentenced to be a slave for life. Two whites also ran away but were free of charge. John Punch is the first known slave for life. -
Blacks can train in arms
Massachusetts reverses and earlier law stating that blacks are allowed to train with arms. It is no longer allowing them to use guns. -
Slaves for life
Virginia States that all important black slaves are slaves for life. -
Rice Cultivation
Rice cultivation is introduced to Carolina which increases the need for slaves drastically. -
"Negro Act"
South Carolina passes the Negro Act which forbids slaves to move abroad, assemble in groups, raise food, earn money, and learn english. All violaters of this act were to be killed. -
Blacks allowed to fight
The first battles of the Revolutionary War begin at Lexington. Blacks are allowed to fight. -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin making the value of slaves increase. -
Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad is officially established in Pennsyllvania. -
Alexander Lucius Twilight
Alexander gruduates from Middlebury College, making him the first black to graduate in the U.S. -
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Anti-Slavery Riots
Race Riots break out in New York City, Philedelphia and other big cities across the U.S. -
Last Slave Ship
The last slave ship to import slaves into America lands in Mobile Bay, Alabama -
Civil War
The Civil War begins in Charleston, South Carolina -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln issues the emancipation proclamation freeing all slaves in the rebellion. -
Thirteenth Amendment
The thirteenth amendment abolishes slavery throughout the country. -
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Freedman's Bureau
The freedman's bureau "aided distressed refugees and freed slaves." -
Fifteenth amendment
Fifteenth amendment is passed allowing black males to vote. -
Ku Klux Klan
The KKK act is passed allowing government to punish where civil rights laws are not upheld. -
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Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance began and black people started to gain more freedom. -
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Martin Luther King Jr.
The life of Martin Luther King. He was assassinated on April 4th, 1968 by James Earl Ray.
