african Americans

Ghana

A major empire in West Africa from 600 to 1100.

Mali

A significant empire in West Africa from 1250 to 1450.

Songhai

The last major empire in West Africa, existing from 1464 to 1591.

Triangular Trade Pattern

A trade system involving the exchange of goods between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

Indentured Servants

Individuals in a contract to work for a specific number of years in exchange for passage to the New World.

William Tucker

The first African American born in Jamestown in 1624.

Virginia Law of 1661

Declared that African children would inherit the status of their mothers.

Maryland and Virginia Law of 1664

Declared permanent bondage for Africans.

Gabriel Prosser

An African American who planned a significant slave insurrection in 1800.

Denmark Vesey

A free African American who organized a slave revolt in 1822.

Nat Turner

Led a famous slave rebellion in 1831.

Underground Railroad

A network assisting enslaved African Americans in escaping to freedom.

Abolitionist Movement

A movement aimed at ending slavery and promoting equal rights for African Americans.

Civil Rights Act of 1866

Legislation that conferred citizenship to African Americans.

14th Amendment

An amendment that protects civil rights and was ratified in 1868.

15th Amendment

An amendment granting voting rights to African American males, ratified in 1870.

Plessy v. Ferguson

A Supreme Court case that sanctioned