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VIRGINIA CODE
VIRGINIA CODE MAKES ALL NON-CHRISTIAN SERVANTS ENTERING COLONY ENSLAVED AND ALL ENSLAVED BECOME PROPERTY -
Rhode Island
Rhode Island prohibits the clandestine importation of black and Indian slaves. -
Pennsylvania prohibits the importation of slaves.
An alleged slave revolt in New York City leads to violent outbreaks. Nine whites are killed and eighteen slaves are executed. -
NEW YORK FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW
New York enacts a fugitive slave law. -
UPRISING IN VIRGIN ISLANDS
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Spanish Florida
SPANISH FLORIDA PROMISES FREEDOM AND LAND TO FREEDOM SEEKERS FOUNDING OF FORT MOSE IN SPANISH FLORIDA FOR FLEEING BONDSMEN -
STONO REVOLT IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Rebellion (sometimes called Cato's Conspiracy or Cato's Rebellion) was a slave rebellion that began on 9 September 1739, in the colony of South Carolina. It was the largest slave uprising in the British mainland colonies, with 25 colonists and 35 to 50 Africans killed. -
NORTH CAROLINA ENACTS LAW
NORTH CAROLINA ENACTS LAW TO PROSECUTE ANY PERSON ASSISTING FREEDOM SEEKERS -
CRISPUS ATTUCKS DIES IN BRITISH ATTACK IN BOSTON BEGINNING REVOLUTIONARY WAR
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VIRGINIA PLACES BOUNTY ON AFRICANS
VIRGINIA PLACES BOUNTY ON AFRICANS ESCAPING TO MAROON COMMUNITIES IN GREAT DISMAL SWAMP -
Revolutionary War
ANTHONY BENEZET FOUNDS PENNSYLVANIA ABOLITION SOCIETY BATTLES AT LEXINGTON AND CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS LORD DUNMORE'S PROCLAMATION OFFERING FREEDOM TO ENSLAVED SERVING WITH BRITISH ARMED FORCES AMERICAN REVOLUTION -
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence. -
1776
SOCIETY OF FRIENDS FORBIDS SLAVERY BY MEMBERS VERMONT AMENDS STATE CONSTITUTION TO BAN SLAVERY -
1777
WITH OWNER'S PERMISSION VIRGINIA FREES THOSE WHO SERVED IN COLONIAL MILITARY -
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
A constitutional convention is a gathering for the purpose of writing a new constitution or revising an existing constitution. -
1783
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE FORBIDS SLAVERY IN NORTHWEST TERRITORY -
1793 to 1794
FOUNDING OF MOTHER BETHEL AME CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA BY REV. RICHARD ALLEN SECOND GREAT AWAKENING CONVERTS MANY ENSLAVED TO CHRISTIANITY -
1794
ELI WHITNEY INVENTS THE COTTON GIN -
1795 - 1820
GABRIEL PROSSER REVOLT IN RICHMOND