Slavery in the United States By chevere 1619 First Slaves https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/slavery#section_1 1667 Virginia Slave Laws http://www.history.org/history/teaching/slavelaw.cfm Period: 1777 to 1827 Emancipation in the North https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~arihuang/academic/abg/slavery/history.html Jan 1, 1808 Congress Abolishes African Slave Trade https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-abolishes-the-african-slave-trade 1850 Compromise of 1850 http://www.ushistory.org/us/30d.asp 1865 Abolition of slavery https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/slavery-abolished-in-america 1868 Fourteenth Amendment and Klu Klux Klan https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fourteenth-amendment http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/kkk.htm 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-act