LibGuides: AMH 2092: African American History and Culture: Timeline

Timeline 1492-1698

1492 African servants, slaves, and explorers come to the Western Hemispherer with the first Spanish and French Explorers.

1517 Atlantic Slave trade begins in the Americas.

1623 Willam Tucker, of Jamestown, VA, is the first black child born in English Colonies.

1649 By this year, 300 African slaves are in Virginia.

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

1688 Germantown, PA. Quakers have first official protest against slavery in North America.

1695 First know school for blacks in U.S.,Goose Creek Parish, Charleston, SC.

1698 Slave trade opens to any ship flying the British flag. A Massachusetts act provides that all slaves be considered "real estate".

Harley, Sharon. The Timetables of African-American History: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in African-American History. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.

eBooks & Books

Landmarks of African American History by James Oliver Horton
Call Number: eBook

ISBN: 9780195141184

Publication Date: 2005-03-24

In Landmarks of African American History, James Oliver Horton chooses thirteen historic sites to explore the struggles and triumphs of African Americans and how they helped shape the rich and varied history of the United States. Horton begins with the first Africans brought to Jamestown,Virginia, and the start of slavery in the colonies that became the United States. Boston's Old State House provides the backdrop to the martyrdom of Crispus Attucks, the former slave killed in the Boston Massacre, the confrontation with British troops that led to the American Revolution. After theCivil War, former slaves settled the desolate area of Nicodemus, Kansas, and turned it into a thriving community. The USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and Boston's Old State House illustrate African American contributions to the defense of their country and reveal racial tensions withinthe military. And the black students who demanded service at Woolworth's racially segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, launched the sit-in movement and advanced the fight for civil rights. Horton brings together a wide variety of African American historical sites to tell of theglory and hardship, of the great achievement and determination, of the people and events that have shaped the values, ideals, and dreams of our nation.
To Make Our World Anew by Robin D. G. Kelley (Editor); Earl Lewis (Editor)
Call Number: eBook

ISBN: 9780195181340

Publication Date: 2005-04-28

The two volumes of Kelley and Lewis's To Make Our World Anew integrate the work of eleven leading historians into the most up-to-date and comprehensive account available of African American history, from the first Africans brought as slaves into the Americas, right up to today's black filmmakers and politicians. This first volume begins with the story of Africa and its origins, then presents an overview of the Atlantic slave trade, and the forced migration and enslavement of between ten and twenty million people. It covers the Haitian Revolution, which ended victoriously in 1804 with the birth of the first independent black nation in the New World, and slave rebellions and resistance in the United States in the years leading up to the Civil War. There are vivid accounts of the Civil War and Reconstruction years, the backlash of the notorious "Jim Crow" laws and mob lynchings, and the founding of key black educational institutions, such as Howard University in Washington, D.C. Here is a panoramic view of African-American life, rich in gripping first-person accounts and short character sketches that invite readers to relive history as African Americans have experienced it.
African American History Day by Day by Karen Juanita Carrillo
Call Number: E185 .C34 2012 (Downtown)

ISBN: 9781598843606

Publication Date: 2012-06-01

(PRINT) The proof of any group's importance to history is in the detail, a fact made plain by this informative book's day-by-day documentation of the impact of African Americans on life in the United States. * More than 365 chronologically arranged entries featuring events and information about African Americans * An introduction that overviews the importance of African American history in a day-by-day approach * A preface that explains the scope, methodology, and rationale for coverage * Primary source excerpts for some events and two vetted books and websites for all events

Timeline 1709-1799

1709 Slave market is erected at the foot of Wall Street, NYC

1831 On Aug 22, Nat Turner and five other slaves begin an uprising in Virginia

1851 Sojourner Truth delivers speech "Aint I A Woman" at the Women's Rights Conference in Akron OH

1861 Robert Smalls sails armed Confederate steamer, the Planter, out of Charleston, SC, and presents it to the Union Navy

1863 Sgt William H. Carney wins the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery

1868 Alexander T. Augusta (d 1890), the former head of what comes to be known as Freedman's Hospital, becomes the first black faculty member at a US medical school, Howard University Medical College

Harley, Sharon."The Timetables of African-American History: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in African-American History." New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.