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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