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African Endentured Servants Brought to Jamestown, VA, 1619
A Dutch ship brings 20 African indentured servants to the English colony of Jamestown, Virginia -
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15 key events
Milestones in Black history and pick 15 key events that influenced black lives in the US -
The Stono Rebellion
One of the earliest slave revolts takes place in Stono, South Carolina, near Charleston -
Boston Massacre
Crispus Attacks, 1st American and African Amrican killed in Revolutionary War -
The Compromise of 1850
5 laws that dealt with the issue of slavery and territorial expansion -
Publication of Uncle Toms Cabin
anti-slavery novel -
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
mandated 'popular sovereignity' -
Slave Freed in Missouri, But Lincoln Backtracks
John C. Fremont instituted martial law in Missouri and declared slaves there to be free. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Granted freedom to slaves in the Confederate slaves -
Wade-Davis Bill
Created a framework for Reconstruction and the readmittance of the Confederate states to the Union. -
13th Amendment
Abolition of Slavery -
14th Amendment
Extended liberties and rights granted by the Bill of Rights to former slaves. -
First Jim Crow Segregation Law Passed
Segregating state railroads. -
Equal Pay Act of 1963
Prohibits sex-based pay differentials on jobs. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Prohibits racial discrimination in voting. -
Civil Rights Act of 1991
Added provisions to Title VII protections, including right to jury trial.
