Situation of African Americans 1800-1860 (feb 15, 1800 – apr 28, 1860)
Description:
Growing number of slavesespecially in the South after
invention of the cotton gin
Slave trade abolished in 1806
Ongoing tension between North
and South over issue of slavery,
especially on slavery in new
states
By 1860 free African Americans in the North 1%
of population in the North, but 50% of Free
African Americans in the country.
Discrimination in White churches leads to
founding of the African Methodist Episcopal
Church
Free African Americans often replaced by
white immigrants or temporarily hired as
strikebreakers
Added to timeline:
Date:
feb 15, 1800
apr 28, 1860
~ 60 years