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Period: Jan 1, 1528 to
Europeans Bring Slaves to the Americas
pbs.org<a > The Europeans brough the slaves because they needed people working in plantations and mines. -
Cotton Gin
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The Cotton Gin is a machine invented by Eli Whitney that increased the productivity of seperating fibers from the cotton, that were than used to make clothes. It was important, because the slaves would have less work to do. -
End Of Slavery in Britian
abolition.e2bn.org Slavery Abolition Act passed in the House of Commons followed by the House of Lords on August 1st. -
Amistad Mutiny
Wikipedia.org A group of Africans rebelled on a boat named the Amistad when being taken to the United States to become slaves. -
Amistad Trial
Wikipedia.org A trial, that decided the fate of the Africans that rebelled on the Amistad when taken captive. The supreme court decided that the Africans innocent and demanded them to be shipped back to Africa. -
Compromise of 1850
Wikipedia.org A package of five bills passed in the United States Congress in September 1850, which diffused a four-year confrontation between the South and the North. Indicating slavery legal below a parallel and no slavery above. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Wikipedia.org A law that declared that all runaway slaves, upon capture, to be returned to their masters. Even if they escaped to the North. -
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American Civil War
Bloodiest conflict in American history, between the confederates and the union over economics and slavery. -
Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation
Wikipedia.org Abraham Lincoln signed it to free the slaves in the south because it was the morally right thing to do and to help end the civil war. -
End Of Slavery in the United States
Wikipedia.org The passage of the 13th Amendment. The official end of slavery in the United States. -
13th Amendment added to the United States Constitution
Loc.gov It was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864 and by the House on January 31, 1865. It a couple months for all the states to ratify the ammendment. -
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Jim Crow Laws
Wikipedia.orgJim Crow laws are the segregation of public schools, public transportation, and public places. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Wikipedia.org Brown vs Board of Education was a court case in which the supreme court judged an arguement between the board of education and a father of a negro girl about blacks and whites going to the same school. -
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Civil Rights Movement for African Americans in the United States
Wikipedia.org Social movements in the United States, aimed at outlawing rascism. -
Murder of Emmett Till
Wikipedia.org A boy who was brutally murdered after flirting with a white girl. -
Freedom Riders
Wikipedia.org They were African American Civil Rights activists who rode in the front of buses and used white waiting rooms to fight for equality. -
Martin Luther King Jr Assassination
Wikipedia.org At 6:01 PM, he was struck by a .30 Remington 760 at the age of 39 by James Earl Ray, because of his speeches about how black people are equal to whites. -
