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Slaves

1892 Karel L Baars, Dutch actor, White Slaves Trade 1865 Union Gen Granger declares slaves are free in Texas 1865 US Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service 1863 Dutch colony Suriname counts population of 33,000 slaves 1863 Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves 1863 Voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves 1862 Amnesty proclaimed for escaped slaves of Suriname 1862 President Lincoln, says he will free slaves in all states on Jan 1 1862 Secretary of War authorizes Gen Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves 1862 Nat Gordon, last pirate, hanged in New York City for stealing 1,000 slaves 1861 Secretary of U.S. Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves 1861 Maj Gen Benjamin Butler declares slaves "contraband of war" 1861 3 fleeing slaves enter Fort Monroe Virginia 1861 Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers 1860 Martinus J Niewindt, bishop on Curaeao (christened slaves), dies at 63 1859 Dutch colony in Dutch Indies counts 4,800 slaves 1857 Dred Scott Decision: Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens 1854 John Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels 1853 Harriet Tubman began her Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape 1848 Slaves freed in Danish West Indies (now U.S. Virgin Islands) 1848 Free last slaves in French colonies 1838 Emancipation of British slaves on Bahamas 1833 Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed 1833 Curaeao census: 2,602 whites, 6,531 free people and 5,894 slaves 1832 Rebellious slaves set fire to Paramaribo Suriname 1831 Nat Turner leads uprising of slaves in Virginia 1830 Great fire in New Orleans thought to be set by rebel slaves 1824 Freed American slaves forms country of Liberia 1816 U.S. troops destroy Ft. Apalachicola, a Seminole fort, to punish Indians for harboring runaway slaves 1814 Treaty of London-Netherland stops transporting slaves 1811 Louisiana slaves rebell in 2 parishes 1808 Congress prohibits importation of slaves 1798 1st direct federal tax on states-on dwellings, land and slaves 1796 Martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao, christen slaves 1795 Curacao slaves opponents returns to St. Christopher 1795 Curacao governor De Veer sends miltia to stop rebellious slaves 1794 Congress bans U.S. vessels from supplying slaves to other countries 1793 Slaves in French colony of St. Domingue (Haiti) freed 1793 1st U.S. fugitive slave law passed; requires return of escaped slaves 1789 Fleeing slaves under Bonni attack military post on Suriname 1788 Sierra Leone, settled by British as a former haven for slaves 1788 Quakers in Pennsylvania emancipate their slaves 1783 Import of African slaves banned by all of the Northern states 1778 Rhode Island General Assembly authorizes enlistment of slaves 1775 Lord Dunmore, promises freedom to male slaves who join British army 1775 Officers decide to bar slaves and free blacks from Continental Army 1774 Rhode Island becomes 1st colony to prohibit importation of slaves 1773 Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom 1716 1st slaves arrive in Louisiana 1704 Elias Neau forms school for slaves in New York 1654 Peter Claver, Spanish saint (baptized 300,000 slaves), dies 1619 1st Black slaves brought by Dutch to colony of Jamestown Virginia 885 Methodius, Greek apostle of the slaves/archbishop of Sirmium, dies 869 Cyrillus, Greek apostle of Slaves, dies 626 Avaren/Slaves under khagan Bajan begin siege of Constantinople

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