Slaves in America By jkmbmom 1619 The August of 1619 was documented as when salves arrived in America (https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/african-americans-at-jamestown.htm) 1669 Free to kill An Act that declares if a slave dies because he is resisting the master is act will not be punished Mar 3, 1819 James Tallmadge Get a law passed stopping slaves in Missouri. (http://history.house.gov/People/Detail/22671?ret=True) 1854 Republican Party (http://www.ushistory.org/gop/origins.htm) Mar 6, 1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford. (https://www.oyez.org/cases/1850-1900/60us393) Apr 12, 1861 The beginning of the Civil War (https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/civil-war-in-america/april-1861-april-1862.html) May 13, 1865 Slaves are free legally (https://www.civilwar.org/learn/galleries/end-civil-war-detail) Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act (1964) (https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=97)