Below find a timeline of the African presence in the
Americas. It is divided into three sections for easy viewing. Click on
a time period to view its timeline.
1000
B.C. - 1800 A.D. | 1800
- 1960 |
1960
- 1992 | Full
Timeline
| 1800 | Insurrection led by Gabriel Prosser in Virginia. |
| 1804 |
Haiti becomes a Republic under the leadership of Emperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines. Black Laws enacted in Ohio. |
| 1807 |
Great Britain outlaws the Atlantic Slave Trade. U.S. President bans slave trade. |
| 1812 | Black soldiers fight in Battle of 1812. |
| 1816 | African Methodist Episcopal Church organized, Philadelphia, PA. |
| 1818 | First battle of Seminole Wars. |
| 1820 | Missouri compromise. |
| 1822 | Denmark Vesey conspiracy betrayed. |
| 1824 | Slaves freed in the United Provinces of Central America. |
| 1827 |
Freedom's Journal published in New York City. Slavery abolished in New York State. |
| 1829 |
Slavery abolished in Mexico. David Walker's appeal published, Boston. |
| 1831 | Slavery abolished in Bolivia. |
| 1834 | Slavery abolished in British Empire. |
| 1838 | Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery, Baltimore, MD. |
| 1849 | Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery. |
| 1857 | Dred Scott decision. |
| 1861 | Civil War begins, United States. |
| 1863 | Massachusetts 54th Regiment formed. |
| 1865 | Slavery abolished in the United States. |
| 1865-1871 | RECONSTRUCTION ERA |
| 1881 | Tuskegee Institute opens. |
| 1888 | Slavery abolished in Brazil. End of slavery in Western Hemisphere. |
| 1905 | Niagara Movement organized. |
| 1909 |
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (N.A.A.C.P.) founded. Matthew Henson reaches North Pole with Admiral Peary. |
| 1914-1918 | WORLD WAR I |
| 1915 | Great Migration begins. |
| 1917 | US enters World War I. |
| 1918 | Marcus Garvey launches the Universal Negro Improvement Association. |
| 1919-1929 | NEW NEGRO MOVEMENT (Harlem Renaissance) |
| 1925 |
A. Philip Randolph founds the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Josephine Baker performs in La Revue Negre in Paris. |
| 1929-1939 | GREAT DEPRESSION ERA |
| 1939-1945 | WORLD WAR II |
| 1955 | Montgomery Bus Boycott begins Civil Rights era. |
| 1955-1975 | VIETNAM WAR |
| 1957 | Ghana proclaimed independent. |
1000 B.C. - 1800 A.D. | 1800 - 1960 | 1960 - 1992 | Full Timeline