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Jamestown is founded
The Virginia Company lands in Jamestown. They form the first English settlement. 500 people lived there. Jamestown became what is called the United States many years later. -
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Civil Rights Timeline
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"Antonio the Negro"
Antonio Johnson was an African American who came to Jamestown in 1621. He later changed his name to "Antonio the Negro. There were no racial laws at this time. He was named in the 1625 Virginia census. -
Early Laws of Discrimination
Virginia stature declares that all children born in the new colony inherited the status of their mother as to whether or not they were free. -
Virginia's law of 1691
Virginia law prohibited slaveholders from emancipating slaves unless they paid for the freedmen's transportation out of Virginia. -
Mary's Voyage
Captain James Brown sent the first slave ship, Mary, to Africa. It was the first ship to sail from Providence. -
Fredrick Douglas
Fredrick Douglas was born Feb. 20, 1818. He was a black slave who escaped slavery and became free. He became a major part of the abolitionist movement and an example of how slaves can be independent people. -
The Missouri Compromise
This law was passed to create balance of power between nonslave and slave states. This law declared Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. This law prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the 36° 30´ latitude line -
American Anti-slavery Society
In 1833, the American Anti-slavery Society was founded. It was an abolitionist society founded by William Garrison and Arthur Tappan. Douglas was a main speaker at the mettings. 250,000 members. It lasted until 1870. -
Seneca Falls Convention
This was an early and influential womens' rights convention held in Seneca Falls, NY. This was the begining of women participation. Starting in 1832, abolitionist and journalist William Lloyd Garrison organized anti-slavery associations which encouraged the full participation of women. -
1850 Fugitive Slave Act
This act was passed by the United States Congress. It was nicknamed the 'bloodhound law' for the dogs that were used to track down run-away slaves. It declared that all run-away slaves were to be brought back to their masters. -
1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act
It created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and it repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820. It allowed settlers in the territories to determine if they would allow slavery or not. -
Dred Scott vs. Standford
Dred Scott was a slave who sued unsuccessfully for his freedom in the Dred Scott vs. Standford case of 1857. He thought since he had moved and was living with his master in free territory where slavery was illegal he should be free, but he lost the case. -
John Brown's Raid
This was an attempt by a white abolitionist, John Brown, to start an armed slave revolt in 1859. The raid was defeated by a detachment U.S. marines. Harrit Tubman and Fredrick Douglas were asked to join, but did not. -
54th Massachusetts Regiment
It was the first black regiment organized in the Northern States. The march was organized in 1863. The commander was Colonel Shaw. The did their training in Hilton Head, South Carolina. -
Compromise of 1877
This compromise is a major factor in the election on 1877. It delcared the end of Reconstruction. Because of this, Hayes won the presidential electron over Tilden. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
This established that seperate schools for whites and blacks was unconstitutional. It overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson which allowed segregation. This movement paved a way for the Civil Rights Movement. -
Emmett Till
Emmett Till was a 14 year old boy who was dared to talk to a white woman in a grocery store. After he was reported saying 'by baby', he was hunted down a couple nights later and brutally murdered. -
Rosa Parks
On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, 42, refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white passanger. Her actions lead to the Montegomery Bus Boycott. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Black people decided, after the Rosa Parks incident, to stick up for themselves and not ride the bus. They wanted the whites' economy to struggle. The boycott was a success. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act was an act to end discrimination and segregation. It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public.
