CHRONOLOGY 1501. (a) Letter of Columbus in existence referring to Negroes in Guinea. (b) Instruction given to the effect that Negroes born in the power of Christians to be permitted to pass to the Indies and royal revenue (Spain) to receive money for the permits. Sir Arthur Helps' Spanish Conquest. 1505. King Ferdinand of Spain wrote to Ovando, "I will send more Negro slaves to you." 1510. He informed Don Diego Columbus that he had given orders to the officials at Seville that they should send 50 Negroes to work in the mines at Hispaniola. See Antonio de Herrera royal historiographer to Philip II. 1511. "I do not understand how so many Negroes have died; take much care of them." From the accession of Charles V of Spain the importation of 1523. Monopoly given to Cortez who in the previous year had with him 300 Negro slaves. 1528. Nearly 10,000 in the New World.-Herrera. 1539. Francisco de Montego of Honduras sent a Negro to burn a native village. 1554. In Peru 30 Negroes accompanied a military force of 70 Spaniards and Francisco Hernandez. 1559. The Town Council of Santiago de Chile granted the petition of Tome Vasquez a free or enfranchised Negro to possess a lot of land in the town. 1526. St. Luke's day, Oct. 18, Lucas Vasque de Oyllon among the first to bring Negroes to the present territory of the U. S. (authority of Navarrete). He had explored our Eastern Coast and attempted to form a colony at San Miguel de Gualdape, since known as Jamestown, Va. Under his successor, a Porto Rican, the Negroes rebelled and broke up the settlement. This ended the first introduction of slavery in the Continental Territory of the United States. 1513. Vasco Balboa was assisted by 30 Negroes in building the first ships on the Pacific Coast. 1530. Before this time there were enough Negroes in Mexico to warrant an effort to liberate themselves and establish a Government in the City of Mexico. See H. H. Bancroft. 1570. The followers of Bayamo, a Negro insurgent, who was captured and sent back to Spain, founded Santiago del Principe. 1540. A Negro slave of Hernando de Alarcon is mentioned as being the only one to undertake to carry a message from the Rio Colorado across the country to the Zunis in New Mexico. 1527. Estevanico or Estevanillo, a native of Azamon was one of the few survivors of the expedition of Narvaez. In 1539 with Friar Marcos de Niga they started out from Estevan, started out alone and discovered Cibola, one of the seven cities. Clements R. Markham says, "This is one instance of a Negro having taken an important part in the exploration of the continent. Estalevan was the discoverer of Cibo." IMPORTANT EVENTS SINCE ABOLITION OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE War of 1812: Enlistment of Negroes in Navy; Gen. Jackson's Proclamation at Battle of New Orleans. 1816. Organization African Colonization Society. 1816. A. M. E. Church Connectional organization. 1817. Convention of colored men to protest against American Colonization Society. 1820. Missouri Compromise. A. M. E. Zion Church forms connec tion. 1822. Denmark Vesey Insurrection, Charleston, S. C. 1827. Freedom's Journal, first Negro newspaper. Emancipation in New York completed. 1830. First National Colored Convention. 1831. Nat Turner Insurrection. 1833. American Anti-Slavery Society. 1834. Prudence Crandall Incident. 1835. Mobbing of Garrison by "Broadcloth Mob." 1839. Amistad Captives. 1841. Advent of Frederick Douglass. 1847. "The North Star." 1850. Fugitive Slave Law. 1852. "Uncle Tom's Cabin." 1853. National Convention at Rochester, N. Y. 1854. Kansas-Nebraska Law, 1853. 1857. Dred Scott Decision. 1859. John Brown Raid. 1860. Nomination and Election-Abraham Lincoln. 1862. Opinion Edward Bates, Attorney General. 1863. Emancipation District of Columbia. 1863. Emancipation Proclamation, Jan. 1. 1863. Attack Port Hudson. 1863. Attack on Fort Wagner, July. 1865. Fall of Richmond; 13th Amendment passes Congress. 1866. Civil Rights, April 9; adoption of 13th Amendment. 1867. Organization of Howard University, March 2; Atlanta University, Nov. 15. 1868. Fourteenth Amendment; adoption of 14th Amendment. 1869. First U. S. Officer appointed by President Grant. 1870. Election of H. R. Revels; Seating of Rainey; Adoption 15th Amendment, March 30. 1874. Death of Charles Sumner. 1874. Failure Freedmen's Bank. 1875. Seating of B. K. Bruce, full term in U. S. Senate. 1877. Inauguration of Hayes; withdrawal of U. S. Troops from South. 1883. Unconstitutionality of Civil Rights Bill pronounced by U. S. Supreme Court. 1890. Mississippi Convention to nullify 15th Amendment. 1892. Second Election of Grover Cleveland. 1893. Death of D. A. Payne; Jos. C. Price. 1895. Death of Frederick Douglass; B. T. Washington at Atlanta. 1897. Organization American Negro Academy. 1898. Spanish-American War. |