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1619
First slaves were sent to america even though they were indentured http://media.nowpublic.net/images/27/8/278f80b213e33b846d7bb10b4e37e2ab.jpg -
1640
Maryland became the first colony to institutionalize slavery http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Politics/images-2/slavery-maryland.jpg -
1641
Massachusetts was first coloney to leagalize slavery http://american-slavery.com/images/many_slaves_with_cabins.jpg -
VA slave code
the Virgina slave code stated that all non-christians that entered the colony would be slaves http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/00396/picturegallery1_clip_image002.jpg -
freedom failure
In 1773 slaves from massachusetts tried to petition their freedom from government but they were unsucessful http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mpimages/mp051.jpg -
1781
Mum Bett and another Massachusttes succsefully sues their master for freedom http://www-tc.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/images/2mumb0044b.jpg -
1800
- Gabriel Prosser attempts a slave rebellion in Virginia.
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Missouri applied to congress for admission as a slave state
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clays proposal
clays proposal stated that the slavery past the louisana purchase would be prohibited http://www.upress.umn.edu/images/F2004/081664327X_big.gif -
1866
Two African Americans sit in the Massachusetts Legislature. It is the first time black representatives have participated in this branch of American government.
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