American Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights Timeline. Portuguese negotiate the first slave trade agreement that also includes gold and ivory. By the end of the 19th Century, because of the slave trade, five times as many Africans (over 11 million) would arrive in the Americas than Europeans.
Consequently, on June 27, 1963, Ernesto Miranda was convicted and sentenced to two concurrent terms of 20-30 years imprisonment. But Alvin Moore's arguments about the confession had touched off a legal firestorm. Miranda's conviction was appealed all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. On June 13, 1966, Chief Justice Earl Warren, speaking for a 5-4 majority, for the first time established unequivocal guidelines about what is and what is not permissible in the interrogation room:
In early 1970, all seven defendants are acquitted of conspiracy; two are acquitted of all charges; the other five are convicted of inciting a riot. Each is sentenced to five years and fined $5,000. These convictions are later overturned due to judicial bias and problems with jury selection.