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First known Africans to touch American soil
20 indentured servants arrive to Jamestown, Virginia on a dutch ship. -
Law passed in Maryland banning interracial marriage.
State of Maryland passes a law banning interracial marriage in hope to prevent English women from marrying African men. -
Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks is the first African and American to die in the Revolutionary War, which would grant independence to the United States. -
Revolutionary War
African Americans fought on both sides during the Revolutionary War. Both the United States and Britain bribed slaves with post war freedom if their side was to win. -
The Northwest Ordinance
The Northwest Ordinance ordered that the new western territories (that would soon become states) would forbid slavery in the territory. -
United States adopts the Constitution
African Americans are counted as three-fifths of a person when conflict arises on population counting and its influence on electoral votes. -
Fugitive Slave Act
This act made it illegal to house and host runaway slaves. It demanded that runaway slaves must be returned to their owners. -
The Missouri Compromise
This compromise permitted Missouri as a slave state, and banned slavery in Maine. This compromise would balance the amount of slave states in the country. -
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was known as the conductor of the Underground Railroad. She was an escaped slave, and returned back to Maryland several times to rescue her family members and friends. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
In The Missouri Compromise of 1820, states above the southern Missouri border were not permitted to allow slavery. However, the Kansas-Nebraska Act violated this and left the decision of slavery into the hands of the residents within these territories. This lead to a violent and physical vote, diving the nation into two. -
Emancipation Proclamation
During President Lincoln's reign, southern slave states resigned from the Union in rebellion of his election. Lincoln's response was the Emancipation Proclamation, which would free all slaves on January 1st, 1863, if they had not rejoined the Union by then. -
13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States, -
14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to all people born in the United States, including people of color. -
15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment granted voting rights to all African American men. -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
The Civil Rights Act of 1875 ensured that all accommodations should be available for all citizens, which would somewhat ban discrimination. This would allow for segregation everywhere, with Caucasian accommodations more likely to be "better" in a sense.
