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During the Pequot War, English colonists and their Native American allies surrounded a Pequot village in Connecticut and set it on fire, killing over 400 people.
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During the Constitutional Convention, this agreement determined that three-fifths of the enslaved population would be counted for representation and taxation purposes. -
This date marked the end of the legal international slave trade into the United States, as per a provision in the U.S. Constitution. -
Led by William Henry Harrison, U.S. forces defeated Native American warriors led by Tecumseh's brother, Tenskwatawa, in present-day Indiana.
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This legislation admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, and prohibited slavery in the remaining Louisiana Purchase territory north of the 36°30′ parallel.
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This law, signed by President Andrew Jackson, authorized the forced removal of Native American tribes from their ancestral lands in the southeastern United States.
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Led by an enslaved man named Nat Turner, this was a brief but deadly slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, resulting in the deaths of approximately 60 white people and over 100 Black people.
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The forced relocation of Native American tribes, primarily the Cherokee, from their homelands in the Southeast to designated "Indian Territory" in present-day Oklahoma, resulting in thousands of deaths.
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This law made it a federal crime to assist runaway slaves and required citizens and law enforcement to help in their capture.
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In this Supreme Court ruling, it was decided that enslaved or formerly enslaved people were not citizens and had no right to sue in federal court.
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Issued by President Abraham Lincoln, this executive order declared that all enslaved people in Confederate-held territory were to be set free.
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This amendment to the U.S. Constitution officially abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
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This amendment granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States, including formerly enslaved people, and guaranteed all citizens equal protection under the law.
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This amendment granted African American men the right to vote, declaring that the right to vote shall not be denied or abridged based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
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This battle, also known as Custer's Last Stand, was a significant victory for the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes over the U.S. Army's 7th Cavalry Regiment.
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This event marked the end of the American Indian Wars, as the U.S. Army's 7th Cavalry massacred nearly 300 Lakota people, primarily women and children, in South Dakota.
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This Supreme Court decision upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine, solidifying Jim Crow laws.