Blues+Timeline


 * The Blues Timeline**

1619 //The first African slaves are brought to America.//
 * Year/ Event **

1808 //The importation of slaves to the United States is abolished.//

1863 //President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, issues the// //emancipation proclamations and frees// //all slaves. This started// //the Civil War. The North, led by Abraham Lincoln, won//.

1867 //The slave songs, which are the earliest collection of the// //African-American spirituals are published.//

1890 //The Southern States embrace the 'Jim Crow' systems of the// //legal segregation. Racial violence and lynchings become more common.//

1899 //'Maple Leaf Rag' is published by Scott Joplin.//

1902 //Victor Records issues the first known recording of blues music,////‘Camp Meeting Shouts’//.

1912 //The first blues songs, including W.C. Handy's 'Memphis Blues',// //are published as sheet music.//

1917 //The United States enter World War 1 and the migration of African-Americans accelerates.//

1920 //Mamie Smith's 'Crazy Blues' becomes the first blues hit.//

1923 //Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey make their recording debuts.//

1925 //Blind Lemon Jefferson, a dominant blues figure, is first recorded.//

1929 //The early Delta bluesman, Charley Patton, is first recorded.//

1929 //The beginning of the Great Depression in the United States.//

1936 //Robert Johnson begins his short recording career.//

1941 //Muddy Waters is first recorded.//