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1795-1820

1800

VIRGINIA CODE MAKES ALL NON-CHRISTIAN SERVANTS ENTERING COLONY ENSLAVED AND ALL ENSLAVED BECOME PROPERTY 

RHODE ISLAND FORBIDS CLANDESTINE IMPORTATION OF INDIAN AND BLACK ENSLAVED

SO-CALLED ENSLAVED REVOLT IN NEW YORK CITY LEADS TO GENERAL VIOLENCE

NEW YORK FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW

UPRISING IN VIRGIN ISLANDS

SPANISH FLORIDA PROMISES FREEDOM AND LAND TO FREEDOM SEEKERS

FOUNDING OF FORT MOSE IN SPANISH FLORIDA FOR FLEEING BONDSMEN

STONO REVOLT IN SOUTH CAROLINA 

NORTH CAROLINA ENACTS LAW TO PROSECUTE ANY PERSON ASSISTING FREEDOM SEEKERS 

CRISPUS ATTUCKS DIES IN BRITISH ATTACK IN BOSTON BEGINNING REVOLUTIONARY WAR 

VIRGINIA PLACES BOUNTY ON AFRICANS ESCAPING TO MAROON COMMUNITIES IN GREAT DISMAL SWAMP 

ANTHONY BENEZET FOUNDS PENNSYLVANIA ABOLITION SOCIETY 

BATTLES AT LEXINGTON AND CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS

LORD DUNMORE'S PROCLAMATION OFFERING FREEDOM TO ENSLAVED SERVING WITH BRITISH ARMED FORCES 

AMERICAN REVOLUTION

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

SOCIETY OF FRIENDS FORBIDS SLAVERY BY MEMBERS

VERMONT AMENDS STATE CONSTITUTION TO BAN SLAVERY

WITH OWNER'S PERMISSION VIRGINIA FREES THOSE WHO SERVED IN COLONIAL MILITARY 

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

NORTHWEST ORDINANCE FORBIDS SLAVERY IN NORTHWEST TERRITORY

ELI WHITNEY INVENTS THE COTTON GIN 

FOUNDING OF MOTHER BETHEL AME CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA BY REV. RICHARD ALLEN

SECOND GREAT AWAKENING CONVERTS MANY ENSLAVED TO CHRISTIANITY 

GABRIEL PROSSER REVOLT IN RICHMOND