The number of slaves in British North America reaches 27,817. About 22,600
of these slaves live in the South.
1710
The number of slaves in the British colonies reaches 44,866.
1715
Of the total population in the North American British colonies (434,600),
58,850 are of African descent.
1725
The number of slaves in the British colonies reaches 75,000.
1730
Of the total population in the North American colonies (654,950), 91,021
are slaves. Of the slave population, 17,323 live in the North and 73, 698
live in the South.
1731
November 9th, astronomer and mathematician Benjamin
Banneker is born to free parents in Ellicott, Maryland.
1740
There are 150,024 slaves living in the colonies. Of the slave population,
126,066 live in the North and 23,958 live in the South.
1750
The number of slaves reaches 236,400, encompassing approximately 20% of the
population. Of these slaves, over 206,000 live in the South.)
1754
Although he has never seen one, Benjamin Banneker constructs a clock that
strikes on the hour , the first clock made completely in America.
1756-1763
The French and Indian War.
1760
The number of slaves reaches 325,806. Of these slaves, 40,033 live in the
North and 285,773 live in the South.
1767
Kunta Kinte (of Roots fame) arrives in Annapolis
as part of a cargo of slaves.
This advertisement refers to the ship that Kunta Kinte made his voyage on
from Africa to America.
1770
Of the total colonial population (2,312,000), 462,000 are slaves.
1775
The number of slaves reaches a half a million.
1775
April18, the Revolutionary War begins with the shot heard around the world.
1783
September 3, the Revolutionary War ends with the signing of the Treaty of
Paris.
1784
Because of the enslavement of humans is considered against the will of God,
the Methodist Church orders its members to free their slaves within the year.
The order was faced with so many objections from churches in Southern States
that it was suspended.
1787
The United States Constitution provides for a male slave to count as three-
fifths of a man in determining representation.
1789
The inspiration for "Uncle Tom" in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle
Tom's Cabin, Josiah Henson is born in Charles
County, Maryland.
1790
The first census is taken in the new nation. The results:
19.3% of the population is African-American
59,466 are free
697, 897 are slaves
Massachusetts reports no slaves.
1791
The first edition of Banneker's almanac was published by Benjamin Banneker.
1791
The Bill of Rights was added to the U. S. Constitution.
1791
Benjamin Banneker works on the survey to create the layout of the District
of Columbia, the nation's new capital.
1792
Congress passes a law that only allows white men to enroll in militias during
peacetime.
1793
Congress passes the first fugitive slave law.
1798
In the Baltimore Intelligencer, the first advertisement by Joshua
Johnston appears. He is the first African-American portrait painter to receive
widespread recognition.
1789
Restrictions against the enlistment of African-Americans on men-of-war and
in the Marine Corps are issued by the United States navy.
