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Period: Jan 1, 1401 to
From slavery to desegregation
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Nov 8, 1450
15th Century
African slaves shipped to the spanish colonies -
Sep 10, 1550
16th Century
Europeans begin buying African slaves -
First african slave in Northern America
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American Revolution
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Declaration of Independance
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American Civil War ( Start )
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Lincoln signs the emancipation proclamation
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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated
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American Civil War ( End )
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Segregation
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Jim Crow laws are voted
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Period: to
Desegregation
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Martin Luther King fighting for equal rights in America
March on Washington for jobs and freedom -
Martin Luther King's death