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The first slaves Africans in Virginia. Many of the first slaves were indentured servents, and some worked their way to freedom by paying off their debts. Others were forced to continue their labors.
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Francis Daniel Pastorius and 3 other Quakers living in Philadelhia write a petition against slavery to the King of England. This was the first American document that stated equal rights for everyone.
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This ordinance outlawed slavery in the territory Northwest of the Ohio River
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William Lloyd Garrison, from Boston, started publising his newspaper, The Liberator, which helped start the abolition movement. This paper helped bring about the movement across America, and was a key issure for the next several decades.
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The Republican party was formed to stop the spread of slavery to the new Western part of the U.S.
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The Confederates attack Fort Sumter in South Carolina. Lincoln declared that the Southern states were in rebellion, and that a War had begun
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Abe Lincoln frees all slaves in nonoccupied areas in rebellion of the Union. They were to be freed on Januaurt 1, 1863
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The Senate passsed the 13th Amendment by a vote of 38 to 6.
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The House passed the 13th Amendment by a vote of 119-56.
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Georgia was the 27th and final state needed to ratify the 13th Amendment and make the amendment official.
