| 1619 |
Twenty Africans
arrive at Jamestown, Virginia aboard a Dutch ship |
| 1645 |
First African
slave ship, the 'Rainbowe', sets sail |
| 1663 |
First major African
revolt against slavery in Gloucester, Virginia |
| 1688 |
Quakers in Philadelphia
make first protest against slavery |
| 1712 |
African revolt
against slavery in New York |
| 1712 |
Pennsylvania
passes law preventing importation of slaves |
| 1739 |
Major African
revolt in Stono, South Carolina |
| 1741 |
African revolt
in New York City |
| 1775 |
African soldiers
fight in battles of Bunker Hill, Concord and Lexington |
| 1777 |
Vermont becomes
first state to abolish slavery |
| 1787 |
Northwest Ordinance
prohibits slavery in the Northwest Territories |
| 1787 |
Constitution
is approved, extending slavery for 20 years |
| 1800 |
Africans in Philadelphia
petition Congress to end slavery |
| 1804 |
Ohio 'Black Laws'
prevent movement of Africans |
| 1807 |
US prohibits
importation of Africans for slavery |
| 1811 |
Africans revolt
in Louisiana |
| 1822 |
Denmark Vesey
leads African revolt in Charleston, South Carolina |
| 1831 |
Nat Turner leads
African revolt in Southhampton County, Virginia |
| 1839 |
Cinque leads
African revolt aboard the ship 'Amistad' |
| 1841 |
Africans revolt
aboard the ship 'Creole' and flee to Bahamas |
| 1849 |
Harriet Tubman
escapes from slavery in Maryland |
| 1857 |
Dred Scott court
decision denies African rights by law |
| 1863 |
President Abraham
Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation |
| 1865 |
Robert E. Lee
surrenders at Appomattox |
| 1865 |
Thirteenth Amendment
abolishes slavery |
