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Slavery

1995 Mississippi House of Representatives formally abolishes slavery and ratifies 13th Amendment 1962 Saudi Arabia proclaims abolishing slavery 1932 Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia ends slavery 1929 U.S. worker union commission reports of slavery in Liberia 1926 International slavery convention signed by 20 states 1910 China ends slavery 1904 German SW Africa abolishes slavery of young children 1892 Charles L Bass, actor, Business in White Slavery 1890 Pope Leo XIII encyclical On slavery in missions 1888 Princess Isabel of Brazil signs "Lei Aurea" abolishing slavery 1886 Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba 1883 Slavery banned throughout British Empire 1880 Pennsylvania is 1st American state to abolish slavery 1873 Slavery abolished in Puerto Rico 1873 Slavery is abolished in Puerto Rico 1865 13th Amendment ratified, slavery abolished 1865 13th Amendment is ratified, abolishing slavery 1865 Tennessee adopts a new constitution abolishing slavery 1865 Congress passes 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in America (121-24) 1864 Maryland voters adopt new constitution, including abolition of slavery 1864 Slavery abolished in Maryland 1863 Slavery abolished in Suriname and Netherlands Antilles 1863 President Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful 1862 Slavery outlawed in U.S. territories 1862 Slavery abolished in all U.S. possessions 1862 Slavery abolished in District of Columbia 1861 West Virginia created as a result of dispute over slavery with Virg 1861 Washington D.C. - Crittenden resolution is passed stating that the war is to be fought to preserve union and uphold the Constitution, not to alter slavery 1861 U.S. House unanimously passes resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state 1860 Dem convention in Charleston South Carolina divided over slavery 1860 Slavery ends of in Netherlands Indies 1859 Arkansas legislature requires free blacks to choose exile or slavery 1856 Sen Charles Sumner, Massachusetts, spoke out against slavery 1855 U.S. adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery 1850 Slave trade abolished in DC, but slavery allowed to continue 1850 Henry Clay introduces a comprise bill on slavery to U.S. Senate 1849 Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in Maryland 1848 William and Ellen Craft escape from slavery in Georgia 1848 Slavery abolished in all French territories 1848 Otto Tank ends slavery in Suriname colony 1838 Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery disguised as a sailor 1836 Texas abolishes slavery 1834 Slavery abolished through out the British Empire 1833 Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed 1831 Former slave Nat Turner leads uprising against slavery 1827 Slavery abolished in NY 1820 Missouri Compromise passes, allowing slavery in Missouri 1804 Victor Schoelcher, Guadeloupe, abolished french slavery 1804 New Jersey becomes last northern state to abolish slavery 1802 Napoleon orders re-instatement of slavery on St. Domingue (Haiti) 1799 New York State abolished slavery 1794 French National Convention proclaims abolishment of slavery 1790 Society of Friends petitions Congress for abolition of slavery 1787 Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery) 1780 Pennsylvania becomes 1st U.S. state to abolish slavery (for new-borns only) 1777 Vermont becomes 1st state abolishing slavery, adopts male suffrage 1777 Vermont becomes 1st American colony to abolish slavery 1772 Slavery outlawed in England 1759 Wilbur Wilberforce, England, crusaded against slavery 1749 Georgia Colony reverses itself and rules slavery is legal 1746 Absalom Jones, Delaware, born into slavery 1688 Quakers conduct 1st formal protest of slavery in Germantown, Pennsylvania 1669 1st jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection and sentenced to flogging, branding and slavery 1652 Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal 1641 Mass becomes 1st colony to give statutory recognition to slavery 1542 Spain delegates "New Laws" against slavery in America 1391 Mob led by Ferrand Martinez surounds and sets fire to Jewish quarter of Seville Spain, surviving Jews sold into slavery 694 Spanish King Egica accuses Jews of aiding Moslems/sentenced to slavery

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