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History of American Blues
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Slaves Come To America
The first slaves are brougt to America. -
The End of Slave Deportation
Congress ends the importation of slaves to the United States. -
Civil War Begins
The Civil War begins with the first shots in Charleston, South Carolina. -
Emancipation Proclomation
President Abraham Lincoln nominally free's slaves. -
Civil War Ends
The Civil War ends and reconstruction begis in the South. -
Slave Songs Published
The earliest collection of African-American spiritual is published. -
Jim Crow Rises
Southern states are now in the system of legal segregation, -
"Maple Leaf Rag"
Scott Joplin publishes "Maple Leaf Rag." -
W.C. Handy Discovering Bluesman
The musician W.C. Handy sees a bluesman playing guitar with a knife at a train station in Mississippi. -
First Recording
W.C. Handy's "Memphis Blues" and other blue's songs are published as sheet music. -
Folk Music Begins
Ralph Peer, makes his first recordings, marking the recording debut of the folk blues. -
The beginning of the Great Depression
The Wall Street Crash of 1929 cripples the recording industry. -
Electric Guitar
The first electric guitar is recorded in a song by Eddie Durham. -
Brown v. Board
The Supreme Court rules on school desegregation. -
Feedom Summer
The civil rights campaign to register black voters, brought young whites to the South.
