Events
"The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano" publishedSlavery made illegal in the Northwest Territory (US)Harriet Jacobs Life of a Slave GirlFrederick Douglass Slave Narrative publishedNarrative of Sojourner Truth publishedThe Fugitive Slave laws were first passedNat Turner leads slave uprising in VirginiaHarriet Tubman escapes slavery with Underground RailroadThe Missouri Compromise passedDenmark Vesey and 34 others are hanged after attempting revoltPeriods
Africans are taken from their homes and enslaved.
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