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History of African-Americans
Amend: The Fight for America
Major History Events
1525 - 1866
1525 - 1866
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
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Life On A Slave Ship
Transatlantic slave trade, part of the global slave trade that took 10–12 million enslaved Africans to the Americas from the 16th to the 19th century.

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1619
1619
First Slave Ship Arrives In North America
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Africans were brought to Point Comfort – several miles downriver from the English colony of Jamestown, Virginia – in 1619. The first kidnapped Africans in English North America were classed as indentured servants and freed after seven years.
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The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early- to mid-19th century. It was used by enslaved African Americans primarily to escape into free states and Canada.
April 12, 1861 – May 9, 1865
April 12, 1861 – May 9, 1865
The Civil War
The Civil War in the United States began in 1861, after decades of simmering tensions between northern and southern states over slavery, states’ rights and westward expansion.

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The Slave Emancipation
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Reconstruction Era
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The Civil Rights Movement
Quiz
Do You Know Black History?
Test your knowledge and find out how well you know Black History.. Can you answer these questions?
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Who was the first major party African American candidate to run for U.S. president?
No! Though he did run for president, he was not the first African American to do so.
Right! She ran in 1972 in the Democratic Party.
No! Though he was the first African American, he was not the first to run.
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What was the first state to ban slavery?
No! Though the did 4 years later making among the first 5 states to do so.
No! The was divide on the issue of slavery.
Right! They did so in 1780.
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Althea Gibson was the first black althelte of which sport?
Correct! She would going to become the first black player to win at the Wimbledon and US Open.
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Which Black freedom fighter was voted to be the new face on the US $20 bill.
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