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AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE ABOLISHED IN 1807

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On March 2, 1807, the U.S. Congress passes an act to
prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or
place within the jurisdiction of the United States…
from any foreign kingdom, place, or country.” It
would go into effect the following year.

Slave Trade Act 1807, Historical Background, Abolition, Impact


Henry Dundas (1742 – 1811)

Dundas was among those who voted in 
favor of the abolition of the slave trade. 

He was the trusted lieutenant of British
of British prime minister
William Pitt 
and the most powerful politician in
Scotland in the late 18th century.



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AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN ON A STAMP

Vintage Framed Postage Stamp Harriet Tubman No. 1744 | Etsy

February 1, 1978: Antislavery crusader and Civil War veteran
Harriet Tubman became the first African American woman to
appear on a U.S. postage stamp, the first in the Post Office’s
Black Heritage Series. Tubman’s appearance on stamps was
emblematic both of the progress made in recognizing African

Americans’ contributions to American history and the ongoing
effort to put abolitionists on equal footing with slaveowners in
the nation’s historical canon.

Harriet Tubman (1823-1913). /Namerican Abolitionist. Oil Over A Photograph, 1895. Poster Print ...
Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross)
(c. March 1822– March 10, 1913)

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EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION WAS SIGNED

1863: The Emancipation Proclamation went into effect | Opinion ...

On January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Attempting to stitch together a nation mired in a
bloody civil war, Abraham Lincoln made a last-ditch, but carefully calculated, decision regarding the institution of slavery in America.

   
    
    
   


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PRELIMINARY PROCLAMATION ON THIS DAY

Abraham Lincoln At The First Reading Of The Emancipation Proclamation - July 22 1862 Photograph ...

On September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued a
preliminary
Emancipation Proclamation, which set a date for
the freedom of more than 3 million enslaved in the United
States and recasts the
Civil War as a fight against slavery.

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FIRST ENSLAVED AFRICANS ARRIVE

400 years ago, the first ship carrying African slaves arrived in Jamestown, Virginia | WSET

On August 20, 1619, “20 and odd” Angolans, kidnapped by
the Portuguese, arrived in the British colony of Virginia and
are then bought by English colonists.

The arrival of the enslaved Africans in the New World marked
the beginning of two and a half centuries of
slavery in North
America
.

1619: 400 years ago, a ship arrived in Virginia, bearing human cargo | Slavery, History ...

Black Then1619: The First African Slaves Arrive in a Ship into What Would then Become the United ...

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