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Most of slaves in present-day Michigan resided in Detroit or at the trading post at the Straits of Mackinac, later on Mackinac Island. [6] Slavery was practiced in Detroit since its founding in 1701. [4] The settlement included Fort Ponchartrain, a government trade store on the Detroit River, and ribbon farms. [7]
An animation showing the free/slave status of U.S. states and territories, 1789–1861 (see separate yearly maps below). The American Civil War began in 1861. The 13th Amendment, effective December 6, 1865, abolished slavery in the U.S.
Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...
The majority of NRHP properties in Wayne County are in Detroit. These properties represent over a century's worth of the city's growth, from the Charles Trowbridge House (built in 1826, and the oldest known structure in the city) to structures in the Detroit Financial District built in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Last remaining seigneurial privileges over peasants abolished. [84] 1791 Poland-Lithuania: The Constitution of May 3, 1791 introduced elements of political equality between townspeople and nobility, and placed the peasants under the protection of the government; thus, it mitigated the worst abuses of serfdom. 1791 France
The first steps towards abolition of serfdom were enacted in the Constitution of 3 May 1791, and it was essentially eliminated by the PoĊaniec Manifesto. However, these reforms were partly nullified by the partition of Poland. Frederick the Great had abolished serfdom in the territories he gained from the first partition of Poland.
In a plan endorsed by Abraham Lincoln, slavery in the District of Columbia, which the Southern contingent had protected, was abolished in 1862. [12] The Union-occupied territories of Louisiana [13] and eastern Virginia, [14] which had been exempted from the Emancipation Proclamation, also abolished slavery through state constitutions drafted in ...
University of Michigan relocated from Detroit to Ann Arbor. [5] 1837 to 1838 - Small bands of self-proclaimed "Patriots", some operating from Detroit, invade Canada in the Patriot War. 1838 - Detroit-Pontiac railway begins operating. [6] 1840 - Population: 9,102. [12] 1843 - Michigan State Convention of Colored Citizens meets in Detroit. [13]