MY Timeline

By anastasiadom
  • Jun 19, 1472

    Portuguese negotiate the first slave trade agreement

    I 1503 Spanish and Portuguese bring African slaves to the Caribbean and Central America to replace Native Americans in the gold mines.

  • Publication in Germantown

    1759 ,Publication in Germantown (PA) of Anthony Benezet's pamphlet, Observations on the Inslaving [sic], Importing and Purchasing of Negroes, the first of many anti-slavery works by the most influential antislavery writer of 18th century America.

  • Library Company of Philadelphia

    Founding of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery (PAS), the world's first antislavery society and the first Quaker anti-slavery society. Benjamin Franklin becomes Honorary President of the Society in 1787. • Thomas Paine speaks out against slavery and joins the PAS with Benjamin Rush.

  • The book roll of thunder Hear my cry

    The book Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry

  • Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat

    Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus to a white person, triggering a successful, year-long African American boycott of the bus system.

  • Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Martin Luther King, Jr., writes his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail," his famous statement about the civil rights movement.

  • President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act

    President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act, which gives the federal government far-reaching powers to prosecute discrimination in employment, voting, and education.

  • Congress passes -and President Bush signs- the landmark Americans

    Congress passes -and President Bush signs- the landmark Americans With Disabilities Act, banning job discrimination against people with disabilities and requiring buildings, businesses and public transportation to be accessible. Most provisions take effect in 11992-93. 1991:

  • Ally dawson

    Ally Dawson was born on February 25, 1958. Most people knew her as Ally .
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    The time i made my first comic

    The year was 2012 and i was in 6 grade and my friend show me how to make a comic . Thats when i started makeing comics.