United States Chattel Slavery and the Cotton Economy in the Deep South (1793–1865)

1. Whitney receives cotton gin patent

   Mar 14, 1794Labels: Eli Whitney, Cotton gin

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   • Britannica

2. Louisiana Purchase treaty signed

   Apr 30, 1803Labels: Louisiana Purchase, United States

   • Natl Archives

3. Ban on Atlantic slave importation takes effect

   Jan 1, 1808Labels: Slave Trade, U S

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   • Britannica

4. Louisiana admitted as a slave state

   Apr 30, 1812Labels: Louisiana state, Plantation economy

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   • Britannica

5. Mississippi admitted amid cotton-plantation expansion

   Dec 10, 1817Labels: Mississippi state, Cotton plantations

   • U S Senate
   • PBS

6. Alabama admitted as a slave state

   Dec 14, 1819Labels: Alabama state, Black Belt

   • Britannica
   • Encyclopedia Ala

7. Missouri Compromise signed into law

   Mar 6, 1820Labels: Missouri Compromise, Missouri

   • Natl Archives
   • U S Census

8. Indian Removal Act signed

   May 28, 1830Labels: Indian Removal, Federal government

   • Natl Archives
   • History com

9. Choctaw cede lands in Dancing Rabbit Creek treaty

   Sep 27, 1830Labels: Treaty of, Choctaw Nation

   • Natl Archives
   • Britannica

10. Nat Turner’s rebellion intensifies proslavery repression

    Aug 21, 1831Labels: Nat Turner, Slave rebellion

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    • AP News

11. Texas annexation resolution approved

    Mar 1, 1845Labels: Texas annexation, Republic of

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12. Compromise of 1850 strengthens fugitive slave enforcement

    Sep 18, 1850Labels: Compromise of, Fugitive Slave

    • Natl Archives

13. Kansas–Nebraska Act repeals Missouri Compromise limits

    May 30, 1854Labels: Kansas Nebraska, Popular sovereignty

    • Natl Archives
    • U S Senate

14. Dred Scott decision limits Black citizenship and protects slavery

    Mar 6, 1857Labels: Dred Scott, U S

    • Britannica
    • Library Congress

15. Hammond’s “Cotton is King” speech in Senate

    Mar 4, 1858Labels: James H, Cotton is

    • Britannica

16. Mississippi secedes from the United States

    Jan 9, 1861Labels: Mississippi secession, Secession ordinance

    • Natl Archives
    • Avalon

17. Emancipation Proclamation issued

    Jan 1, 1863Labels: Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln

    • Natl Archives
    • Britannica

18. Thirteenth Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery

    Dec 6, 1865Labels: Thirteenth Amendment, United States

    • Natl Archives
    • AP News