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Colonial Slavery
In the 17th century Dutch colonists imported men and woman African slaves for labor to develop their colony. -
Revolutionary Era Slavery
It was a time when there was opossition between institution of slavery and the principles of human rights endorsed by and Quakers. Dutch and English of East Jersey became increasingly apprehensive about their slaves, while the movement in Wes Jersey to end the buying and selling of blacks and ultimately to abolish slavery, ganed momentum. -
Gradual Emancipation
New Jersey legislature passed the Act for the gradual emancipation of slavery, It provided that females born of slave parents after July 4, 1804, would be free upon reaching 21 years of age, and males upon reaching 25. -
The 13th Amendment
All New Jerseyans were finally free, after a battle for human freedom during thew government of president Abraham Lincoln. -
The 14th Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution declared that all persons born or naturalized in the United States are American citizens including African Americans. -
The 15th Amendment
The US Constitution granted African American men the right to vote, but not the white or black women. -
Black women fight for their rights
Many African American clubs and National Associations were founded for race, woman's progress, and support the women's suffrage movement -
The 19th Amendmet
This Amendment guaranteed all women white or black the right to vote.
