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Slaves Arrive in Jamestown
They show up under the pretense of being "indentured servants" but we all know how well that went -
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American Revoution
Disconected the Instutiution of Slavery from Brittan. Unfourtunate for the Slaves because of acts happening in British Parlement later in time -
Slavery Abolished in Massachusetts
With slavery baned in MA, it was now plausable that the whole entire institution would wear out within the country -
Constitutional Convention
3/5th compromise- took down the level of rights that a slave could help to achive down significantly -
Haitian Revoution
First and only sucessfull slave revolt leading to widesperead freedom- gave American Slaves hope for freedom -
Slave Auction
Extremly Demening public autions were commonplace within this time period -
Nat Tuner Slave Rebeion
Happened in Virginina. Seriously impeded the few rights that Slaves had- anyone who was even thought to be involved with the rebelion were killed. -
Slavery Abolition Act 1833
Forbade slavery in almost all British Territories. Except for the territories heald by the East India Company -
William Lloyd Garrison
Created the Abolitionist Newspaper, The Liberator . Started the American Abolitonist movment -
Dredd Scott Decision
Declared that slaves did not have any citizenship, so they could not sue -
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Civil War
Threw up the status of the union up in the air. Used Abolition as a scapegoat near the end. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Freed all Southren Slaves- but none within the border states -
New York Draft Riot
An Irish protest which lead to lynching of freemen -
13th Amendmant enters the constitution
Slavery is no longer legal, -
Black Codes
Refuted most of the effects of Radical Republican reconstructions in the deep south. -
14th amendmant
Citizenship is granted to all former slaves- negated the effects of the Dred Scott Decision -
15th Amendmant
Gave the vote to African Americans -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Allowed for segregation to get bad- seprate but equal is legal.
