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John Locke
he was against slavery and believes in natural laws. -
Bacon's Rebellion
An uprising in the Virginia colony in North America led by Nathienal Bacon. -
New York Slave Rebellion
An uprising in New York City, when 23 enslaved Africans who killed nine whites and injured another six. -
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American Revolution
The war between Britain and the American colonies. -
Lift Bans
George Washington Lifts ban on African Americans in the continental Army -
Declaration of Indepence
A statement adopted by the Continental Congress. -
Three Fifths Compromise
Slaves were 3/5 a person, because the whites did not want them to be equal. -
Northwest Ordinance
Territory that was free land and African Americans could live there. -
Consitution Passed
A document of laws. -
Haitian Slave Revolution Starts
The death of 350,000 Haitians and 50,000 European troops. -
Eli Whitney
The cotton gin is invented. -
Fugitive Slave Act
If a slave get away to the north, their master can go find them and take them back south. -
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Slave Trade Act
The transporting of Human beings, that were Africans. -
Gabriel's Conspiracy
The plan of the big Slave Rebellion. -
Loisianna Purchase
The big land purchase from the French. -
Haitian Slave Ends
Child Hood Slavery -
Slavery Officially Outlawed
Slavery was over and slaves would now be free and it was illegal for people to have slaves or import them -
Missouri Compromise
the agreement between the abolitionist and pro slavery agents. -
Nat Turner
5th Slave Rebellion -
La Amistad
19th-century two-masted schooner built in Spain and owned by a Spaniard living in Cuba.