Quest For Freedom2

By dscott25

  • Slaves First arrive in Virginia

  • Massachusetts first colony to legalize slavery

  • Slavery is legally recongnized asn an institution in British America

  • Slaves beegan to be describe as real estate

  • Slave revolt takes place in New York, 9 whites killed

  • Slave named cato leads slave revolt in South Carolina

  • Massachusetts slaves petition the legislature for freedom

  • Start of the underground Railroad

  • Fugitive Slave Act

  • Missouri Compromise

  • Slavery ended in New England

  • 4-5,000 Blacks march in Washington, D.C celebrating the end of slavery

  • 15th Amendment approved, granting blacks the right to vote

  • Civil Rights Act of 1875

  • Civil Rights Act of 1875 overturned

  • African Americans disenfranchised

  • Race Riot

  • NAACP is formed

  • Federal Segregation

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    Quest for freedom