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=== Time Line === | === Time Line === | ||
1793 Fugitive Slave Act | *'''1619''' - first African slaves brought to Virginia | ||
*'''1662''' - law passed proclaiming that children born to enslaved mothers are also slaves | |||
*'''1774''' - first black congregations and churches were organized | |||
*'''1776-1783''' - many African Americans, both enslaved and free, fight in the American Revolution. Many who join the British are given freedom and land. | |||
*'''1780''' - Pennsylvania abolishes slavery, the first U.S. state to do so. Other northern states follow. | |||
*'''1793''' - the Fugitive Slave Act passed, guaranteeing the right for a slaveholder to recover an escaped slave | |||
*'''1794''' - Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin, dramatically increasing the need for enslaved labor | |||
*'''1808''' - the importation of slaves is banned | |||
*'''1700s-1800s''' - abolitionist societies are founded | |||
*'''1850''' - another Fugitive Slave Act was passed | |||
*'''1857''' - the Supreme Court upholds slavery in ''Dred Scott v. Sandford'' | |||
*'''1861-1865''' - the American Civil War is fought. African Americans, both enslaved and freed, fight in the war, mainly for the Union. | |||
*'''1863''' - the Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect, granting freedom to slaves in the South | |||
*'''1865''' - the Thirteenth Amendment passed, abolishing slavery | |||
*'''1866''' - the first Civil Rights Act is passed | |||
For more information, see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_African-American_history Timeline of African-American history]. | |||
=== Statistics === | === Statistics === | ||