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US History & Slavery: 1777-1783

April 17, 1777 Congress urges states to conscript to fill quotas for the Continental Army, free blacks volunteer in great number
July 8, 1777 State Constitution of Vermont ratified, slavery abolished in 1st Article. Other states refuse to recognize Vermont
October 7, 1777 Battle of Saratoga

February 6, 1778 treaty of alliance with France
February 14, 1778 Rhode island offers freedom to any slave willing to enlist in the Continental Army and financial compensation to slave owners
March 17, 1778 Britain declares war on france
1778 Virginia bans the import of slaves from overseas

April 12, 1779 Treaty of Aranjuez between Spain and France
June 16, 1779 Spain declares war on Britain
June 30, 1779 British General Henry Clinton issues the Philipsburg Proclamation offering freedom, protection and land to any slave who runs away from a rebel master

March 1, 1780 Pennsylvania passes An Act for the gradual Abolition of Slavery. Slaves born after march 1st will be emancipated at age 28.
July 10, 1780 General Rochambeau lands in Rhode Island with the French fleet and 7,000 troops
December 1780 Britain declares war on the Dutch Republic
1780 Black population of the US numbers 575,961 people or 20% of the total US population of 2,780,400 people. Of that population, free blacks numbered between 40,000 and 60,000 people

March 1, 1781 US states ratify the Articles of Confederation
Baron Von Closen, aide-de-camp to General Rochambeau, describes the largely black 1st Rhode Island Regiment at Yorktown as "the most neatly dressed, the best under arms, and the most precise in its movements."
October 19, 1781 British surrender at Yorktown

April 1783 Massachusetts Supreme Court abolishes slavery through the trial notes of the Quock Walker case
September 3, 1783 Treaty of Paris, American Revolutionary War ends
October 31, 1783 New hampshire State Constitution declares the equality and independence of all men, the beginning of a program for the gradual abolition of slavery

The British Army withdrew from New York with roughly 3,000 free blacks who had assisted them during the war. Their names were recorded in the Book of Negroes prior to their voyage to Nova Scotia

Between 12,000 and 20,000 blacks fought for the British during the war. Roughly 5,000 fought for the US.

1776 [link]
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Description
US History & Slavery: 1777-1783

April 17, 1777 Congress urges states to conscript to fill quotas for the Continental Army, free blacks volunteer in great number
July 8, 1777 State Constitution of Vermont ratified, slavery abolished in 1st Article. Other states refuse to recognize Vermont
October 7, 1777 Battle of Saratoga

February 6, 1778 treaty of alliance with France
February 14, 1778 Rhode island offers freedom to any slave willing to enlist in the Continental Army and financial compensation to slave owners
March 17, 1778 Britain declares war on france
1778 Virginia bans the import of slaves from overseas

April 12, 1779 Treaty of Aranjuez between Spain and France
June 16, 1779 Spain declares war on Britain
June 30, 1779 British General Henry Clinton issues the Philipsburg Proclamation offering freedom, protection and land to any slave who runs away from a rebel master

March 1, 1780 Pennsylvania passes An Act for the gradual Abolition of Slavery. Slaves born after march 1st will be emancipated at age 28.
July 10, 1780 General Rochambeau lands in Rhode Island with the French fleet and 7,000 troops
December 1780 Britain declares war on the Dutch Republic
1780 Black population of the US numbers 575,961 people or 20% of the total US population of 2,780,400 people. Of that population, free blacks numbered between 40,000 and 60,000 people

March 1, 1781 US states ratify the Articles of Confederation
Baron Von Closen, aide-de-camp to General Rochambeau, describes the largely black 1st Rhode Island Regiment at Yorktown as "the most neatly dressed, the best under arms, and the most precise in its movements."
October 19, 1781 British surrender at Yorktown

April 1783 Massachusetts Supreme Court abolishes slavery through the trial notes of the Quock Walker case
September 3, 1783 Treaty of Paris, American Revolutionary War ends
October 31, 1783 New hampshire State Constitution declares the equality and independence of all men, the beginning of a program for the gradual abolition of slavery

The British Army withdrew from New York with roughly 3,000 free blacks who had assisted them during the war. Their names were recorded in the Book of Negroes prior to their voyage to Nova Scotia

Between 12,000 and 20,000 blacks fought for the British during the war. Roughly 5,000 fought for the US.

1776 [link]
1783
Youtube [link]

unmodified map bases sources [link] and [link]
unmodified map bases created by Lokal_Profil [link] and Uwe Dedering respectively