slavery

1600,s

Dec 5, 1600

Africans begin being shipped to North America as slaves

first slaves

Nov 20, 1619

1693

Dec 5, 1693

Society of Negroes is founded in Boston

slave

Jan 1, 1770

1770 until 1860, the rate of natural growth of North American enslaved people was much greater than for the population of any nation in Europe, and was nearly twice as fast as that of England.

1776

Jul 5, 1776

The Declaration of Independence is adopted, after a passage denouncing the slave trade had been omitted from the text

1777 - 1804

Dec 5, 1777

Slavery abolished in the northern states first in Vermont, last in New Jersey while continuing and growing in importance in the South

1787

Dec 5, 1787

U.S. Constitution adopted protecting the state's rights to slavery

1787

Dec 5, 1787

The writers of the United States Constitution decide that slaves will count as three fifths of a person when deciding how many representatives each state will have in Congress.

1826

Dec 5, 1826

Sojourner Truth escapes from slavery and begins fighting for the desegregation of buses in Washington D.C. and for women’s rights.

1828

Dec 5, 1828

Nat Turner sees a vision and hears voices telling him to fight against slavery by killing slave owners.

1868

Dec 5, 1868

The Ku Klux Klan begins terrorizing blacks.

In 1870 and 1871, congress passed three laws to combat terroism against African Americans

Dec 4, 1870

In 1896

Aug 20, 1986

Majority of Supreme Court ruled that Segregation laws did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment as long as th facilities available to both races were roughly equal.