History Project

Virginia Slave Code

Mar 11, 1705

Virginia made their slave code in 1682 and it contained laws that kept a slave from possesing a weapon and leaving the plantation without permission

South Carolina Slave Code

Jan 1, 1712

In 1712 Sorth Carolina passed their salve code which was a set of laws for the slaves living in Sorth Carolina.

Louisiana Slave Code

Mar 12, 1724

The Louisiana slave code was written in 1724 only a few years after the South Carolina slave code.

Georgia Slave Code

Mar 1, 1770

In 1770 Georgia adopted South Carolina's slave code and used it as their own.

MIssouri Compromise

Mar 13, 1820

The Missouri Compromise introduced free states into the country such as Maine and anything above the Louisiana Territory.

Alabama Slave Code

Mar 11, 1833

The Alabama slave code was written in 1833

Fugitive Slave Act

Mar 13, 1850

The Fugitive Slave Act prohibited anyone from concealing slaves that ran away to the North and calling them "free".

California admitted as free state

Sep 9, 1850

California admitted as a free state as part of the Compromise of 1850.

Slave trade banned in Washington D.C.

Sep 20, 1850

Slave trade was banned in D.C after thoughts that it was unfair to have slaves in the "free" capitol.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Mar 13, 1854

After ballot rigging and lots of scandals, Nebraska and Kansas were both admitted as free states.

Emancipation Proclamation

Mar 13, 1863

The Emancipation Proclamation freed all the slaves signed by Abraham Lincoln.