Milestones in Black History

By Rcomishock

  • African Endentured Servants Brought to Jamestown, VA, 1619

    African Endentured Servants Brought to Jamestown, VA, 1619

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

  • Thomas Paine Publishes Anti-Slavery Tract

    Thomas Paine Publishes Anti-Slavery Tract

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

  • Revolutionary War, 1775-1782

    Revolutionary War, 1775-1782

  • Northwest Ordinance, 1787

    Northwest Ordinance, 1787

  • U.S. Constitution Adopted

    U.S. Constitution Adopted

  • First Fugitive Slave Act

    First Fugitive Slave Act

  • The Missouri Compromise

    The Missouri Compromise

  • Nat Turner Slave Revolt

    Nat Turner Slave Revolt

  • The Compromise of 1850

    The Compromise of 1850

  • The Emancipation Proclamation, 1862 & 1863

    The Emancipation Proclamation, 1862 & 1863

  • Civil Rights Act of 1875

    Civil Rights Act of 1875

  • Civil Rights Act of 1991

    Civil Rights Act of 1991

  • Obama Election and Presidency

    Obama Election and Presidency