Mississippi Delta

The Mississippi Delta is a region in the northwest of the state of Mississippi in the southern United States, located between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. Prior to the American Civil War of 1861–65, many cotton plantations, which depended on slave labor, developed in the region. In 1890, a new state constitution disenfranchised African American people, and the political exclusion of African American people was maintained in the region until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.

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Coordinates

Latitude: 32.825653612927
Longitude: -90.825347900391

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Timeline of Events Associated with Mississippi Delta

Date Event Manage
29 Aug 1833

Slavery Abolition Act

British Coat of ArmsThe Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 received the Royal Assent (which means it became law) on 29 August 1833. The Act outlawed slavery throughout the British Empire; Britain’s colonial slaves were officially emancipated on 1 August 1834 when the law came into force, although most entered a form of obligatory apprenticeship that ended in 1840. Image: The Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Image: the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Articles

Elsie B. Michie, "On the Sacramental Test Act, the Catholic Relief Act, the Slavery Abolition Act, and the Factory Act"

Sarah Winter, “On the Morant Bay Rebellion in Jamaica and the Governor Eyre-George William Gordon Controversy, 1865-70″