Black Experience

Presbytery of Baltimore History

1619

First enslaved Africans arrive in America

Virginia colony

1632

Colony of Maryland Founded

1680

White appears in colonial laws

1729

Town of Baltimore Founded

1759

Great Awakening

Missionary movement begins. People consider evangelization of enslaved people.

1776

America Declares Independence

1786

Shay’s Rebellion

Massachusetts, USA

1788

First overture calling for abolition passed

1800

Baltimore becomes city with largest free black population

In the United States

1807

First African American Minister

John Gloucester is ordained.

1819

First African Presbyterian Church Est.

Philadelphia, PA

1821

GA calls for gradual emancipation

1830

Indian Removal Act

Signed by Andrew Jackson, beginning the Trail of Tears.

1831

Nat Turner’s Rebellion