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1761: Jupiter Hammon: First published Black male poet
1765: Mass deaths are turning point for slave trader
1771: Quaker abolitionist educates, inspires others
1777: Vermont abolishes slavery; ban largely ignored
1779: Pompey Brakkee: Wins compensation from Vermont enslaver
1773-1779: Black freedom petitions: "For the sake of justice, humanity"
1780: Black residents help win first abolition law
1784: Rhode Island, Connecticut embrace gradual abolition
1785: Racist persecution, Black resilience in famed forest
1791: Largest private emancipation in U.S. history
1798: George Moses Horton: Poet free after 68 years
1816: "Fantasy" scheme to preserve U.S. slavery
1833: Emiliano Mundrucu: Challenges racism in court
1833: Lydia Maria Child: Abolitionist and rights advocate
1837: Wendell Phillips: Powerful voice for abolition
1839: Women's role is key issue in anti-slavery society split
1847: Preacher defies law, creates steamboat school
1849: Harriet Tubman: "Moses" is also top Union spy
1850: Martin Delany: Abolitionist leader, champions Black self-reliance
1857: "The Weeping Time": Enslaver sells 429 people in two days
1857: Supreme Court: Black Americans have no rights
1861: Landscape architect helps persuade Britain to shun Confederacy
1861: Enslaved people declared "contraband of war"
1862: Lincoln declares freedom for all
1862: Congress frees all enslaved people in D.C.
1862: Ida B. Wells: Exposes lynching horrors with the "light of truth"
1862: Republicans build on military wins to pass progressive laws
1862: Sculptor honors abolitionists, feminists
1862: Clergymen urge general emancipation edict
1863: Lincoln issues Final Emancipation Proclamation
1863: Volunteers of color rush to join Union military
1863: Tour raises funds for freedmen schools
1863: Eldest son of Frederick Douglass enlists
1863: Abraham Galloway: Militant activist, Union spy, civil rights leader
1863: Anti-Black racism fuels deadly draft riots
1863: Attack on fort repelled: 280 Union casualties
1864: Another Massachusetts regiment of color forms
1864: Gavel made from whipping post gifted to activists
1865: Death toll makes war bloodiest in U.S. history
1865: March honors fallen Union war captives
1865: Freedmen organize first Juneteenth
1865-1866: Black Codes: Slavery by another name

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