1787 Slavery is made illegal in the Northwest territory. The us constitution states that congress may not ban the slave trade until 1808.
1793 A federal fugitive slave law enacted providing for the return slaves who had escaped and crossed state lines.
1808 Congress bans the importation of slaves from Africa.
1820 The Missouri compromise bans slavery north of the southern boundary of Missouri.
1830 The slave population in the us numbers more than 2 million making the ratio of free to enslaved Americans approximately.
1845 Texas enters the union as a slave state.
1860 The slave population is now close to 4 million making the ratio of free to enslaved Americans approximately
1863 president Lincoln issues the emancipation proclamation, declaring that all persons held as slaves within the confederate state are, and henceforward shall be free
1865 The civil war ends and Lincoln is assassinated won June 19. Slavery in the united states ended when 250.000 slaves in Texas finally received the news that the civil war had ended two months earlier
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