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WESTERN BUREAU: PRIME MINISTER Andrew Holness has cautioned that disorderly possession of properties is not the proper channel to land ownership as settlement issues from the days of slavery continue to plague the orderly development of...

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Secretary of war authorized Gen. Rufus Saxton to arm up to five thousand slaves.

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25

1862

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19

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A South Carolina act prohibits teaching slaves to write.

A South Carolina act prohibits teaching slaves to write.

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1740

The Dutch West Indies abolishes slavery.

The Dutch West Indies abolishes slavery.

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British legalize slavery in Georgia

British Parliament legalize slavery in the colony known now as the state of Georgia.

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1749

New York Draft Riots

On the Monday morning of July 13, 1863, the Enrollment

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1863

Sir Alexander Bustamante

1967: Sir Alexander Bustamante, Jamaicas first prime minister dies.

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6

1967

A Quena woman was shown in Europe as a circus

A Quena woman was shown in Europe as a circus

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1815

Wash., D.C. Slave Emancipation and Reparations

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1862

Virginia statue holds servants who run away with slavesliable for the loss of

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1660

Elijah Muhammad, born

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10

1897

Frances Watkins Harper, writer born

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

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24

1825

New York Slave Revolt. April 7, 1712 Nine whites were killed in a slave revolt in New York City. Planned by 27 slaves, the rebellion was begun by setting fire to an outhouse; as whites came to put the fire out, there were shot. The state militia was called out to capture the rebels and the city of

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1669

Massachusetts slaves petitioned the legislature

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1773

Robert Smalls steals Confederate ship

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The Peabody Fund is established to provide monies for construction, endowments,

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1867

Virginia statue imposes reduced import duties on merchants who bring slaves in

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1659

Slave conspiracies and fires cause Hysteria

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Rhode Island enacts the first law against slavery inNorth America; slavery is

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New Jersey begins to abolish slavery

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1804

Blanche Kelso Bruce sworn in as a U.S. Senator.

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21

1881

Frederick Douglass

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Soldier & patriot James Robinson is born. When he won a medal for bravery at the Battle of Yorktown, he was promised his freedom for fighting with the Americans. After the war, he was sold back into slavery.

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28

1753

Ethiopia defeats Italy at Battle of Adowa

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1896

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