New Hampshire
1755: Cash for scalps = license to kill Indians
1773-1779: Black freedom petitions: "For the sake of justice, humanity"
1779: In New Hampshire, 20 enslaved Africans petition for freedom
1781: New Hampshire bans slavery, but full rights denied
1793: New law requires return of fugitives from slavery
1833: Attacks force closure of school for girls of color
1845: Frances Ellen Watkins: Poet, anti-slavery activist
1855: Personal liberty laws protect escapees
1859: First novel by African American women published
1861: Blockade designed to strangle Southern economy
1861: Enslaved people declared "contraband of war"
1865: KKK founded; will boast over 500,000 New England members in 1920s
1865: Planters mull plan to import Chinese laborers
