History of anti-blackness in US
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Updated: 4 Oct 2018
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Created byKiera Fuckin' Garrity
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Initial introduction of slavery in the USSlavery Officially LegalizedFree and wealthy black people can own slavesSlavery becomes hereditaryMarriage between a white and non-white person became illegalMarriage between white and non-white people became legal againLaw makes freeing slaves financially risky for ownersPlantations become common placeBlack people (both enslaved and not) outnumber white people in South Carolina until 1930Vermont makes slavery ilegalSlavery is illegal in the northwest territories (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin)Citizenship denied to non-whitesFirst activity in the Underground RailroadSlave trade becomes illegalCanada delcared a safe havenUnderground Railroad has a resurgance and gains notoriety
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