African American SlaveryAfrican American Trades. African American trade began between the 16th and 19th centuries, or you can call it slavery. The African American slave trade began in Europe and in commercial exchanges. Soon after, when South and North Americans began purchasing slaves, large numbers of Africans were brought to America from the western part of the continent. Those who ordered slaves in volume were the British, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Dutch, and Americans. Soon, the Americans would establish outposts near the African coastline, close to certain tribes of tribal leaders. There were approximately 12 million ships, but purchases by African Americans were considerably high. The trades were then called Maafa, African-American scholars called it the great “disaster”, the Swahili called it the African Holocaust or Holocaust slavery. The Civil War and how African Americans joined in. The Civil War began on April 12, 1861 and there was a fire at Fort Sumter and began at 4:30 p.m., but the rebellion began at 6:60 p.m. on Christmas Eve and that was where there were hostiles. The war lasted until 1865. How did this affect African American membership? On January 1, President Abraham Lincoln signed that all African American slaves would be freed in all states and could join the military for the first African time. -Americans could fight in the war. The resurrection and its consequences. After African Americans were freed in the Civil War, they began to face many difficulties, as many whites faced many difficulties after African Americans were freed. Soon, Congress had...... middle of paper ...... America's side. Freedom Riders seek to integrate Southern transportation The Freedom Riders of 1960 would question Southern transportation, buses, trains and even airports. This was later issued in a press release and was authorized by Sid Moody, and contained maps showing where the Freedom Riders would be and showing where they had gone. When there were many violent problems, many Freedom Riders were arrested. One person tried to help these Freedom Riders even though these Freedom Riders did so many bad things. African American inventors Elijah McCoy (1843-1929) invented an oil cup for trainsQuick fact - other inventors tried to copy McCoy's oil cup, but none of them were successful used. they were as good as McCoy's. So customers asked the real Elijah McCoy, where did the expression come from?.