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Period: Jan 1, 1530 to
Europeans bring slaves to the Americas
First slaves
Slaves were first brought to the americas in 1528. But before Slavery was very common in European Countries. -
Slavery ends in portugal
Slavery ends in portugal
Abolition of all forms of Slavery in portugal, before there had been abolitions, but only in some areas. -
Cotton Gin
Cotton Gin
In 1973 the cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney. It helped seperate the cotton seeds from the fibers, without having to do the work by hand. Whitney didn't get any profit. -
Slavery ends in england
slavery ends in england
A slavery abolishion act was signed in 1833. It freed all slaves, but although illegal a lot of people continued it -
The Amistad utinity
La Amistad
The Amistad was a ship that was sailingg slaves to a plantation in Cuba. The slaves took over the ship, killed the captain, and sailed to America where they were brught to court. The president allowed them to sail back to Afria saying they are not objects of property. -
Compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1850
A series of 5 laws that balanced the interests of slave trade between the confederate and Union states. -
Fugitive slave act
Fugitive Slave Act
It was a law stating that all slaves, if caught or captured must be returned to their owners, and anyone who was helping them escape was to be arrested. -
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Civil War in the US
Civil war
A war that was fought between the Confederates and the Union. The Confederates represented the southern states that didn't want to give up slavery, while the Union were from the northern states that freed their states. -
slavery ends in the US
Slavery ends
Emancipated Proclamation was signed put into effect 1 jan 1863, and freed slaves -
Emancipation Proclamation signed
emancipation proclamation
It was an order issued by President Lincoln to all of the confederate states saying that all slaves in confederate states to be free and treated like free people. -
U.S. ratifies 13th Amendment to the Constituion
13th amendment
"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" -
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Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow Laws
These laws seperated black peole and white people in public areas such as schools or busses. -
Brown vs. Board of education
brown vs. board of educators
Before this case there were seperate schools for colored people, and caucasian kids, but when Oliver Brown fought to show that this seperation was unconstitutional the schools became mixed. -
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Civil Rights Movement for African Americans in the U.S.
Civil rights movementWas a movement to give all races equal rights like voting and doing the same jobs. -
murder of Emmett Till
Emmett Till
Emmett Till was murdered by a caucasian man and his half brother because Emmet wolf-whistled at the mans white wife. Emmett was found in a river with a fan tied to his throat by barbed wire. -
Freedom riders
Freedom rides
Civil rights activists who rode greyhound busses to protest the law that said that black people were only allowed to ride in the back of busses, and had to give up their spot to whites. -
Martin Luther King Jr
Assasination
Martin Luther King, a civil rights protester, was assasinated in memphis tennesse. He was only 39 years old. -
Mauritania: last contry to ban slavery
Last ban
Mauritania, a west african country, was the last country to abolish slavery. It was thought to be that 20% of the population were slaves. Although illegal, slavery still continues today in Mauritania.
