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Period: Oct 4, 650 to
African's Sent to Muslim lands
During 650-1600 C.E. Muslims sent about 17 million Africans to Muslim lands in North and South America. The spread if Islam into Africa in the 17th century increased slavery and the slave trade. The reason why is because Muslim rulers in Africa decided that non-muslim prisioners of war could be bought and sold as slaves. -
Virginia's Act XII
The House of Burgesses had a session in December of 1662 in which they approved Act XII and other that concerned the status of bound laborers. Act XII declared an African American childs's civil status (whether slave or free) inheritable from his or her mother. The act was passed in response to existing situations and to have written document to apply to the people. -
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Slavery in the Chesapeake
Chesapeake area were less severe than the West Indies/South Carolina. The planters could not afford new slaves so they didn't treat them as harsh as in other places. Chesapeake planters attempted to increase the slave workforce by reproduction, therefore they purchased female slaves. By 1750, slaves made up 40% of the population in parts of Chesapeake. -
Africans made up majority of South Carolina
In South Carolina rice and indigo were highly profitable and were faciliated by Africans who had knowledge to plant, harvest and process these crops. The slave living conditions in South Carolina were worse than those in the Chesapeake but it was still better than the conditions in the West Indies. They included: high mortality rate,overwork, close living quarters and the unhealthy environment. By 1720 Africans made up the majority of South Carolina and 80% lived in rice growing areas. -
Stono Rebellion
The Stono Rebellion was the larges slave uprising in the British North American colonies and took place in South Carolina at 1739. It started when the governor of Florida tried to instigate a revolt in rival of British colonies by promising freedom and land to slave who fled their British colonies. The result of this revolt was that it tightened plantation discipline and put in place new laws reffered to as the Negro Laws. -
Boston Massacre
On March 5 1770, a group of British troops fired into an angry crowd killing five Bostonians. Within those bostonians was Crispus Attucks, who was a fugitive slave who escaped in 1750 from his slaveholder in Framingham. Attucks was the first one to die when the soldiers fired into the crowd. -
Boston Tea Party
When the tea act was passed, Americans feared that once they paid the tax on tea, British leaders would use it as an example to raise additional taxes. In order to prevent this from happening Boston's Radical Sons of Liberty dumped tea into the Harbor that was worth a shipload. -
Declaration Of Independence
On July 4, 1776 the Constitutional Convention adopted a document called the Declaration Of Independence that was drafted by Thomas Jefferson, who was a slaveholder. The last version of the Declaration Of Independence referred to slavery only to accuse the British of triggering the African Americans to revolt against their masters. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was one of the laws that Parliament passed during the 1760's that many Americans considered cruel. The sugar act raised taxes on printed materials such as cards, newspapers, etc. This act was put into place to raise revenue for Britain rather than adjust American Trade. -
England abolished the slave trade
The slave trade was the process of buying and selling Africans for work in the America's. Europeans saw advantages in buying and selling Africans because they've already experienced some European diseases so they could be immune to it. Another advanatage was that Africans didn't know the land so it was hard for the to escape. Also, if they were to escape it would be easy to find them due to skin color. -
Africans sold to British
By 1830, nearly two million Africans were sold to the British in North America. The British were interested in the African Americans because of the advantages of skin color and they were least likely to escape. Also, the Africans had farming experience and could be taught plantation. -
End of Slave Trade
By the end of the slave trade in 1870, about 9.5 million Africans were already imported to the Americans. Their journey to the Americas was called the Middle Passage. During the middle passage the Africans were chained down and given only 4ft of space. They were also mistreated and beaten for not eating or not obeying.
