American History of Slavery

I have read books, listened to lectures, attended college classes, and heard speeches on the topic of slavery all my life. I'm still surprised by some of the details that I find. Recent memorials and museums will hopefully help all of us better understand our own history. My great grandfather was born into a slave-owning family, in 1860. He wouldn't remember it, but his family moved west to opportunity, and I'm sure it was a difficult life. We have very little record of it. 

I try to address all of the anecdotes I have heard, as well as the major milestones that are well documented. Some, like Bacon's Rebellion, are murky, but play pivotal roles. International trade and economic forces are important but deserve a timeline of their own, so I only touch on those. 

If there is something I should add, please comment.

 

16xx	Irish Slaves and Indentured Servitude	This article contains factual errors
1641	First Law legalizing slavery	The beginning of the triangular trade
1654	First Slaveowner	This article should be fact checked
1662	Slavery is a lifelong heritable condition	Virginia law
1676	Bacon's Rebellion	A complicated chapter in American history where the limits of freedom were tested
1676	Bacon's Rebellion	This article offers three possible outcomes of Bacon's Rebellion
1676	Bacon's Rebellion	It was a turning point. Worker's demanded more rights and at the same time, the supply of Africans was increasing. Slave laws began to focus more on them.
1690	Slave Codes	increase over the next 50 years
1705	Who can be enslaved	Blacks, mulattos, natives, non-Christians
1724	Code Noir	Dominated slave treatment in the South through the Civil War
1778	3/5th Compromise	The US Constitution
1788	In Britain	Petition for aboltion had 10,000 signatures. The next year it had 100,000 and kept growing.
1800	But slavery continued	The Whitney Museum in New Orleans
1862	Black Confederate Brigade	Did slaves fight for the South?