African-Americans .. from the 16th Century Bonds of Slavery to the White House; PRESIDENT OBAMA 20.01.09
EARLY 1500s
BLACK plantation slavery begins in Central and South America when Spaniards import Africans to replace Indians who died from harsh working conditions and disease.
AUGUST 20, 1619
A DUTCH ship with 20 African slaves aboard arrives in the English colony of Jamestown, Virginia.
1644
ELEVEN slaves win some freedoms from New Amsterdam (New York) government.
SEPTEMBER 9, 1739
A SLAVE insurrection leads to the deaths of at least 20 whites and more than 40 blacks near Charleston, South Carolina.
1777
VERMONT is first state to abolish slavery.
1790
PRESIDENT George Washington appoints Benjamin Banneker (right), a free black who owns a farm near Baltimore, to the District …
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Article title: African-Americans .. from the 16th Century Bonds of Slavery to the White House; PRESIDENT OBAMA 20.01.09.
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Newspaper title: The Mirror (London, England).
Publication date: January 21, 2009.
Page number: 2.
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