Timeline by TYCE MOORE

The Cotton Gin...(1793)

mooretyc000 — 2023-11-29 17:32:39 UTC

Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin; this caused a switch to Tobacco to Cotton, and it grew with popularity. The regions began deciding on a different way to depend on slave labor. This new effecting way to harvest cotton made the economy boom and the demand for it went up. In the late 18th century, with the land used to grow tobacco nearly exhausted, the South faced an economic crisis, and the continued growth of slavery in America seemed in doubt.

How did the cotton gin effect slavery...

Cotton growing became so profitable for enslavers that it greatly increased their demand for both land and enslaved labor

The American Colonization Society (ACS) (1817)

mooretyc000 — 2023-12-01 17:05:45 UTC

The American Colonization Society formed in 1817.The colony was formed to send free African Americans to Africa, as and alternative to keeping them in the united states.

-but how did it effect slaves within this era..

through colonization, the free Black population would be settled in their own nation, eliminating the group of people deemed an imminent threat to the institution of slavery

The American Revolution (1775-83)

2023-12-01 17:06:03 UTC

The American Revolution started April 19th, 1775 The first shots of the Revolutionary War are fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts.

How did it slavery impact the american revolution

African Americans were a very important part of the american revolution,They fought at Fort Ticonderoga and the Battle of Bunker Hill and a slave helped row Washington across the Delaware....

1822

mooretyc000 — 2023-12-01 17:12:00 UTC

In 1822 (ACS) established a society on the west coast of Africa, a colony that in 1847 became the independent nation of Liberia.

1830

mooretyc000 — 2023-12-01 17:22:46 UTC

1830s-1860s the movement to abolish slavery in America gained strength and was spreading to many people, it was led by free Black people like Frederick Douglass and some white supporters such as William Lloyd Garrison, the founder of the radical newspaper The Liberator, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, who published the bestselling antislavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

1859

mooretyc000 — 2023-12-01 17:31:21 UTC

John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry, Virginia—in which the abolitionist and 22 men, including five Black men and three of Brown’s sons raided and occupied a federal arsenal, this resulted in the deaths of 10 people and John Brown's hanging.

1865

mooretyc000 — 2023-12-01 17:39:15 UTC

In 1865 the 13th Amendment was adopted on December 18, 1865.officially abolished slavery, but freed Black peoples’ status in the post-war South remained precarious.

1862

mooretyc000 — 2023-12-01 17:44:54 UTC

On September 22, 1862, Lincoln issued a preliminary emancipation proclamation.

1863

mooretyc000 — 2023-12-01 17:48:47 UTC

by freeing 3 million enslaved people in the rebel states, the Emancipation Proclamation deprived the Confederacy with the bulk of its labor forces, causing international public opinion strongly on the Union side.

Slave trade (1808)

mooretyc000 — 2023-12-05 16:39:25 UTC

Though the U.S. Congress outlawed the African slave trade in 1808, the domestic trade flourished, and the enslaved population in the United States nearly tripled over the next 50 years. An act of Congress passed in 1800 made it illegal for Americans to engage in the slave trade between nations, and gave U.S. authorities the right to seize slave ships which were caught transporting slaves and confiscate their cargo. Then the "Act Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves" took effect in 1808.

The Deceleration of independence (July 4th,1776)

2023-12-05 16:46:22 UTC

The Declaration of Independence states three basic ideas God made all men equal and gave them the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; the main business of government is to protect these rights; if a government tries to withhold these rights, the people are free to revolt.

why did this effect slavery ...

The final document does not mention slavery and, through its silence, condones enslavement, but the first draft includes a condemnation of slavery. These words, removed before it was finalized, underscored the contradiction between the founding fathers' beliefs and actions. The Created Equal exhibition

The articles of confederation (November 25th,1777)

2023-12-07 14:28:37 UTC

The articles of confederation was the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain.

-This document did any anything about slavery but It left the power to regulate slavery, as well as most powers, to the individual states.

Savannah Georgia (1779)

2023-12-07 14:35:35 UTC

The Siege of Savannah (September 23 to October 18, 1779) refers to the failed attempt by American and French forces to retake the port city from its British occupiers. It was one of the costliest battles of the Revolutionary War in terms of casualties

overall this event influenced slavery due to the soil and Climates within the land of Georgia
Many areas around Savannah had tons of cotton and rice fields which was used as plantations