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Slavery Ground Zero
The first slaves in the American colonies were brought to Jamestown, Virginia in 1619 by Dutch traders -
French Intro
Chattel slavery was introduced by French colonists in Louisiana in 1706, when they made raids on the Chitimacha settlements. -
First slave
The French introduced African chattel slaves to the territory in 1710
(http://www.whitneyplantation.com/the-louisiana-slave-database.html) -
Imported Africans End
The Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807 (2 Stat. 426, enacted March 2, 1807) is a United States federal law that stated that no new slaves were permitted to be imported into the United States. It took effect in 1808, the earliest date permitted by the United States Constitution. (http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/act-to-prohibit-the-importation-of-slaves/) -
Slave Revolt
began on January 8th 1811 on the east coast of the Mississippi River in Louisiana. (https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/slavery-iv-slave-rebellions) -
Nat Turner Rebellion
Nat Turner's Rebellion was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831, led by Nat Turner. Rebel slaves killed from 55 to 65 people, at least 51 being white. The rebellion was put down within a few days, but Turner survived in hiding for more than two months afterwards. The rebellion was effectively suppressed at Belmont Plantation on the morning of August 23, 1831.(https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/nat-turner) -
Madison Washington creole revolt
As a consequence of the revolt, 128 enslaved people won their freedom in the Bahamas, then a British possession. Because of the number of people eventually freed, the Creole mutiny was the most successful slave revolt in US history. (https://blackthen.com/madison-washington-instigated-successful-slave-revolt-u-s-history/) -
Harriet Tubman
She escaped from slavery in Maryland. But returned to the south to help more than 300 enslaved people escape.(https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/harriet-tubman) -
Sepreme Suprise
U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision on Sanford v. Dred Scott, . The Courts affirming the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories, thereby negating the doctrine of popular sovereignty and severely undermining the platform of the newly created Republican Party (https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/dred-scott-case) -
Louisiana fun fact
By 1860, 47% of the state's population were enslaved, though the state also had one of the largest free black populations in the United States (http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/union/census/union-1860.htm) -
Abraham Lincoln
President Lincoln was elected.President Lincoln advocated that slave owners be compensated for emancipated slaves. (https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/abraham-lincoln) -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation, or Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. (https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/emancipation-proclamation) -
New Orleans Falls
The capture of New Orleans by Union forces occurred during the American Civil War (1861-1865) and saw Flag Officer David G. Farragut run his fleet past Forts Jackson and St. Philip on April 24, 1862 before capturing New Orleans the following day. (https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/union-captures-new-orleans) -
Robert Lee
Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. For more than a week, Lee had tried to outrun Grant to the west of Richmond and Petersburg in Virginia. (https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history) -
Civil War
On December 6, 1865, eight months after the end of the Civil War, the United States adopted the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which outlawed the practice of slavery.(https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history) -
New Orleans Massacre
The New Orleans Massacre, also known as the New Orleans Race Riot, occurred on July 30, 1866. While the riot was typical of numerous racial conflicts during Reconstruction, this incident had special significance. (https://blackpast.org/aah/new-orleans-massacre-1866) -
First Reconstruction Act
The First Reconstruction Act is passed. The First Reconstruction Act, also known as the Military Reconstruction Act, passed into law on March 2, 1867 over the veto of President Andrew Johnson. The act applied to all the ex-Confederate states in the South, except Tennessee who had already ratified the Fourteenth Amendment. (AP US History book, chapter 15, 2015 edition) -
2nd Reconstruction act
The second Reconstruction Act of 1867 was passed on March 23, 1867. The Provisions of the Second Reconstruction Act of 1867 provides: Reaction to the Second Reconstruction Act: President Andrew Johnson vetoes the bill, but Congress again overrides the presidential veto.(AP US History book, chapter 15, 2015 edition) -
The Third Reconstruction Act of 1867
The Third Reconstruction Act of 1867 was passed on July 19, 1867. The Provisions of the Third Reconstruction Act of 1867:
Affirms the authority of the military district commanders to remove state officials from office (AP US History book, chapter 15, 2015 edition) -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law on July 2, 1964 in Washington D.C. It ended discrimination based on race, color, and religion.
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Martin Luther King Jr. assassination Riots
The assassination of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968. The King assassination riots affected at least 110 U.S. cities; Washington, along with Chicago and Baltimore, were among the most affected
(https://www.history.com/news/mlk-assassination-riots-occupation)
