History of Abolition

  • Period: Jan 1, 1492 to

    History of Slavery

  • Dec 6, 1492

    Columbus lands in the West Indies

  • Olaudah Equiano Born

    Olaudah Equiano Born
  • The British Slavery Abolition Act

  • Fredrick Douglass travels to Ireland and England

    Douglass spent two years in Ireland and Britain, where he gave many lectures in churches and chapels
  • Abraham Lincoln Elected President

    Abraham Lincoln Elected President
    Abraham Lincoln was the unlikely 16th President of the United States of America.
  • Proclomation of Emancipation

  • Craig Keilburger Born

    Craig Keilburger Born
    The founder of Save the Children charity. He founded it when he was only 12 years of age after reading the story of Iqbal Masih