Colonization
1816: "Fantasy" scheme to preserve U.S. slavery launched
1823: Supreme Court legitimizes theft of Native lands
1827: Freedom's Journal: The voice of Black abolitionism
1829: Protests fail to stop expulsion of Native peoples
1832: Maria W. Stewart: Militant abolitionist, women's rights champion
1833: Native leader designates "Days of Mourning" to mark colonists' arrival
1834-1837 Anti-abolition and racist violence surges
1835: Planter pays to send freed workers to new colony
1837-1838: Black activists organize for voting rights
1847: Liberia: Colony becomes independent nation
1862: Congress frees all enslaved people in Washington, D.C.
1862: Lincoln to Black leaders: "Your people should live elsewhere"
1862: Lincoln declares freedom for all
