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North American Slave Narratives

North American Slave Narratives documents the individual and collective story of the African American struggle for freedom and human rights in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The project received a two-year grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to fund the

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The Presbyterian Synod of New York and Pennsylvania urgesits members to educat

The Presbyterian Synod of New York and Pennsylvania urges its members to educate their slaves.

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Jan

0

1787

Opera singer Marian Anderson born

Opera singer Marian Anderson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Anderson was entered in the New York Philharmonic Competition at age 17 by her music teacher, and placed first over 299 other singers. Awarded a Rosenwald Fellowship in 1930, Anderson went to Europe for a year of study. She

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Feb

27

1902

Amanda Berry Smith, born into slavery

Amanda Berry Smith, born into slavery, becomes an independent missionary and travels the U.S. and three other continents.

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Jan

23

1837

Sir Milton Margai, first Prime Minister of Sierra Leone, is born

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Dec

7

1895

Virginia statue holds servants who run away with slavesliable for the loss of

Virginia statue holds servants who run away with slaves liable for the loss of any slaves.

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Jan

0

1660

Free Soil party organized at Buffalo, N.Y.

Free Soil party organized at Buffalo, N.Y., convention attended by Black abolitionists. (8/9-10).

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Aug

9

1848

1641 Massachusett colony.

In 1641, the first colony to legalize slavery, and to forbid use of unjust violence in the capture of slaves, was Massachusetts.

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1641

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1671 - There are 2000 African slaves in Virginia

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1671

Henry E

Henry E. Hayne, secretary of state, accepted as a student at the University of South Carolina. Scores of Blacks attended the university in 1874 and 1875.

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Oct

7

1873

Malcolm X born in Omaha, Nebraska

Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother, Louis Norton Little, was a homemaker occupied with the familys eight children. His father, Earl Little, was an outspoken Baptist minister and avid supporter of Black Nationalist leader Marcus Garvey. Earls civil

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May

19

1925

First Prizefighter Bill Richmond born

Bill Richmond, son of a slave, became the first African American to distinguish himself as a prizefighter. On this date, Richmond knocked out Jack Holmes in England.

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Jul

8

1805

Republic Day

Republic Day in Sierra Leone.

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Apr

19

1989

Mae Jemison: Astronaut, Physician

Born: October 17, 1956

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Oct

17

1956

President Grant suspended the writ of habeas

President Grant suspended the writ of habeas corpus and declared martial law in nine South Carolina counties affected by Klan disturbances.

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Oct

17

1871

Prince Hall Masonry founded

Prince Hall founded Africa Lodge No. 1. It was the first Black Lodge of Free Masons in the United States.

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Jul

3

1775

Henry Highland Garnet

Henry Highland Garnet, former abolitionist leader and Presbyterian minister, named minister to Liberia. He died in Monrovia shortly after his arrival.

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Jun

30

1881

Did You Know That In...

1739 - The Stono Rebellion, one of the earliest slave insurrections, leads to the deaths of at least 20 whites and more than 40 blacks west of Charleston in the black-majority colony of South Carolina.

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1739

Did You Know That In...

1675 - There are 100,000 African slaves in the West Indies, compared to 5,000 in the North American colonies.

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1675

Did You Know That In...

1751 - A South Carolina law prohibits slaves from learning about poisons and other medicines, it also prohibits them from becoming doctors.

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Jan

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1751

African American History (slavery)

Portugal lands its first cargo of enslaved Africans in the Western Hemisphere. Diego Medez is a member of the crew on the Capitana when Christopher Columbus makes his last voyage to the Western Hemisphere.

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Jan

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1502

Olaudah Equiano buys freedom.

Olaudah Equiano, writer of one of the earliest accounts of traveling on the Middle Passage, buys his freedom from a Quaker merchant in Philadephia

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Jul

11

1766

Abolitionist Society Organized

First abolitionist society in United States organized in Philadelphia.

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Apr

14

1775

Solomon George Washington Dill killed

Solomon George Washington Dill, poor white ally of Black Republicans, assassinated in his home by white terrorists. Dill had allegedly made incendiary speeches to South Carolina Blacks.

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Jun

1

1864

On October 2, 1800, Nat Turner was born in the Tidewater region of Virginia. He

On October 2, 1800, Nat Turner was born in the Tidewater region of Virginia. He became an anti-slavery revolutioniary and an insurrectionist (rebel).

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Oct

2

1800

The first daily Black newspaper, The New Orleans Tribune, is published in Englis

The first daily Black newspaper, The New Orleans Tribune, is published in English and French, 1864

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Jul

21

1864

Louise Bennett-Coverley

the Hon Louise Bennett-Coverley is regarded as the mother of storytelling in the Caribbean. a jamaican , Miss Lou, as she is affectionately known studied at the Royal Academy of the Dramatic Arts as a result of British Council Scholarship. She had her own BBC Radio programme called Caribbean

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Sep

7

1919

Four national chain stores announced

Four national chain stores announced on October 17 that counters in about 150 stores in 112 cities in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Texas, Tennessee, Missouri, Maryland, Florida and Oklahoma had been integrated.

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Mar

1

1960

League of Nations Mandate

South Africa mandates League of Nations mandate over Southwest Africa

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Dec

17

1920

Nigeria proclaimed independent

Nigeria proclaimed independent.

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Oct

1

1960

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