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15001550160016501700175018001850190019502000Early modern period (Europe)Early modern periodEarly modern periodLong 19th century (Europe)Long 19th centuryLong 19th century20th century20th century20th centuryContemporaryFirst enslaved Africans shipped to the Americas In: The long road to civil rights, The slave tradeFirst enslaved Africans shipped to the …Haitian Revolution overthrows slavery In: The long road to civil rightsHaitian Revolution overthrows slaveryBritain abolishes the Atlantic slave trade In: Freedom movements: how the colonized won their independence, The long road to civil rightsBritain abolishes the Atlantic slave tr…Britain's Slavery Abolition Act frees enslaved people In: The long road to civil rightsBritain's Slavery Abolition Act frees e…Reconstruction reshapes the postwar South In: The long road to civil rightsReconstruction reshapes the postwar Sou…Plessy v. Ferguson legalizes "separate but equal" In: The long road to civil rightsPlessy v. Ferguson legalizes "separate …NAACP founded to fight racial injustice In: The long road to civil rightsNAACP founded to fight racial injusticeNational Party wins power in South Africa In: The long road to civil rightsNational Party wins power in South Afri…Apartheid laws divide South Africans by race In: The long road to civil rightsApartheid laws divide South Africans by…Brown v. Board of Education strikes down school segregation In: The long road to civil rightsBrown v. Board of Education strikes dow…Montgomery bus boycott challenges segregation In: The long road to civil rightsMontgomery bus boycott challenges segre…Soweto uprising against apartheid schooling In: Freedom movements: how the colonized won their independence, The long road to civil rightsSoweto uprising against apartheid schoo…Nelson Mandela walks free In: The long road to civil rightsNelson Mandela walks freeSouth Africa's first democratic election In: Hinges of history, The long road to civil rightsSouth Africa's first democratic electionMurder of George Floyd sparks global protests In: The long road to civil rightsMurder of George Floyd sparks global pr…4 events, 1863 to 1870. Click to zoom.46 events, 1960 to 1968. Click to zoom.6

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