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Slavery in United States

By kmccollam

  • US Constitution is created

  • First fugitive slave law established

  • Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves takes effect

  • Missouri Compromise signed

  • William Still is born

  • Harriet Tubman is born

  • First use of the term "Underground Railroad"

  • Harriet Tubman escapes slavery

  • William Still rescues Jane Johnson

  • Dredd Scott v. Sandford case determines Constitutional rights do not apply to black people

  • Abraham Lincoln is elected

  • The Civil War begins

  • The Emancipation Proclamation frees all slaves in the Union

  • The Civil War ends

  • 13th Amendment abolishes slavery

  • 14th Amendment grants citizenship to African-Americans

  • William Still dies

  • Harriet Tubman dies