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Ignatius Sancho
Ignatius Sancho dies at his home and shop in Charles Street, Westminister. -
Letters of the Late, Ignatius Sancho
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Publication of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. -
William Wilberorce Speech
William Wilberforce delivers first major abolition speech before the House of Commons. -
Olaudah Equiano
Olaudah Equiano dies at his home in Cambridgeshire. -
Nat Turner
Led a slave rebllion in Virginia on August 21, 1831 -
British Parliament
British Parliament votes to abolish the trade in slaves. -
Frederick Douglass
Born February 17, 1818 and died February 20, 1895. -
Margaret Garner
Margaret Garner was a slave in pre-Civil War America notorious for killing her two year old daughter with a butcher knife, rather than see the child returned to slavery. -
Dred Scott
He was born in 1799 and died on September 17, 1858. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation issued by US President Abraham Lincoln. -
Emancipation Proclamation is Enforced
US Emancipation Proclamation comes into force. -
13th Amendment
Thirteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States proposed. The amendment stated that: 'Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.' -
Ratification of 13th Amendment
Ratification of thirteenth amendment completed. -
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was born in 1820 and died March 10, 1913
