1738
In Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin publishes All Slave-keepers that keep the Innocent in Bondage, Apostates, an antislavery tract written by the Pennsylvanian Quaker Benjamin Lay.
1737
In Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin publishes All Slave-keepers that keep the Innocent in Bondage, Apostates, an antislavery tract written by the Pennsylvanian Quaker Benjamin Lay.
1733
The Molasses Act attempted to stop the triangular trade between the Americas, Europe, and Africa trade fueled by West Indies slave trade requiring more slaves to harvest sugar destined to colonial ports to be converted into rum for shipment to England as a European trade commodity.
1808
United States outlaws American participation in the African Slave Trade. January 1st becomes an instant black American holiday, commemorated with sermons and celebrations. These sermons are the first distinctive and sizable genre of black writing in America.
1732
Slaves aboard the ship of New Hampshire Captain John Major kill both captain and crew, seizing the vessel and its cargo.
1731
The Spanish reverse a 1730 decision and declare that slaves fleeing to Florida from Carolina will not be sold or returned.
1730
The ‘Chesapeake Rebellion’, an uprising of several hundred enslaved people in Virginia, ends with the brutal suppression of the rebels.
1728
Increased conflict between British troops and the maroon community in Jamaica leads to the start of the First Maroon War.
1727
The Quaker Yearly Meeting in London again writes to Friends in Pennsylvania telling them that slave trading ‘is not a Commendable nor allowed Practice’. This provokes debate among Friends in Philadelphia.
1724
French Louisiana prohibits slaves from marrying without the permission of their owners.