Nomini Hall Slave Legacy

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Welcome to the Nomini Have Slave Legacy Project homepage. It is our hope to help link the past to the present by chronicling the descendants of the 500+ enslaved Africans that were freed by Robert Carter III from his Nomini Hall estate. This website can be used by those seeking to learn more about this remarkable event, the man behind it and the thousands of descendants of those that were freed.If you think you may be a descendant of a member of the enslaved community freed by the Nomini Hall estate, feel free to register to gain access to our Member Community. We look forward to helping you in your journey. 1502 01 Jan First reported African slaves in the New World. 1619 01 Jan English settlers in Virginia purchase 20 Africans from a Dutch ship. The Africans were sold as indentured servants, not slaves. The distinction being an indentured servant may ultimately become free for working for some number of years. It was not long before all Africans arriving were treated as slaves, bought and sold into a lifetime of slavery for them and their descendants. 1620 01 Jan The Pilgrims settled at Plymouth Massachusetts. Plymouth, for the most part, had servants and not slaves, meaning that most black servants were given their freedom after turning 25 years old--under similar contractual arrangement as English apprenticeships. 1635 01 Jan John Carter arrives in America 1642 01 Jan Virginia colony enacts law to fine those who harbor or assist runaway slaves. The Virginia law, penalizes people sheltering runaways 20 pounds worth of tobacco for each night of refuge granted. Slaves are branded after a second escape attempt. (African American History, Chronology: A Historical Review Major Events in Black History 1492 thru 1953 ) 1652 01 Jan Corotoman Plantation Built 1662 01 Jan A Virginia law assumed Africans would remain servants for life. 1667 01 Jan Virginia passes a law revoking the prior English law that allowed for slaves that converted to Christianity to become free. 1669 01 Oct John Carter dies 1729 01 Jan Nomini Hall Built 1775 06 Jan Revolutionary War 1776 01 Jan The colonies declare independence from English rule with the adoption of The Declaration of Independence. Written largely by Thomas Jefferson, the document declares "all men are created equal." Jefferson and many of the signers of the document are slaveholders. 01 Jan The colonies declare independence from English rule with the adoption of The Declaration of Independence. Written largely by Thomas Jefferson, the document declares "all men are created equal." Jefferson and many of the signers of the document are slaveholders. 1777 01 Jan Vermont, an American colony and still not a state, is the first government entity to abolish slavery. 1780 01 Jan Pennsylvania became the first state to abolish slavery with a laws calling for gradual abolition. 1783 01 Jan Massachusetts abolishes slavery and grants voting rights to blacks and Native Americans. 1787 01 Jan At the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, delegates debated whether Congress should halt importation of slaves.  South Carolina and Georgia delegates threatened that their states would not join the new Union being planned and won concessions that the slave trade could not be restricted for 20 years. 01 Jan Congress passes the Three-Fifths Clause stating that each slave is to be counted as three-fifths of a person for calculating representation in Congress. This act strengthens the power in the House of Representatives for slave states. 1791 01 Jan The Haitian Revolution begins with a slave uprising in the French West Indian colony of Santo Domingo. The revolution will eventually lead to the establishment of the black nation of Haiti ten years later. 08 Jan In August 1791, Robert Carter III starts writing his Deed of Gift 1793 01 Jan Congress passes the first Fugitive Slave Act. The act allowed for the recovery of runaway slaves and authorized the arrest or seizure of fugitives. The act also created a fine of $500 for any person who aided a fugitive. 1794 01 Jan France emancipates all slaves in the French colonies. In the United States, Congress passes legislation prohibiting the manufacture, fitting, equipping, loading or dispatching of any vessel to be employed in the slave trade. 1800 01 Jan The results of the 1800 census show a total population of 5,084,912 including 887,612 slaves or 17% of the population. Slaves are virtually non-existent in northern states and as high as 42% in South Carolina and 39% in Virginia. 1807 01 Jan The United States passes legislation banning slave trade that will take effect the following year. 1863 01 Jan Emancipation Proclamation Donate Please consider making a donation to help support our work! Stay up to dateSubscribe for email updates Email Address Consent I give Nomini Hall Slave Legacy permission to collect and use my data submitted in this form.Give consent that we may collect and use your data. Subscribe Now 0% Complete EventsNo events News Announcements NHSL Invited to UN Film Night celebrating Human Rights Day and 2015 – 2024 International Decade for People of African Descent

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