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A slave preacher named Nat Turner led a group of slaves in one of the most notorious slave revolts in U.S hisotry. This led to more slave revolts.
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The American Anti-Slavery Society was an abolisionist group created by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappen.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin was an anti-slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was the 2nd best selling book of it's time behind the bible. It led to more tension on the issue of slavery.
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Dred Scott Vs. Sandford case led to a decision by the Supreme Court that people of African descent, imported as slaves, were not protected by the Constitution.
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Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th President of the United States on Novemeber 6, 1860. He was elected in a hard time between issues on slavery and the Cival War. President Lincoln made huge contributions in the liberation of slaves.
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The Civil War was a battle between the Union and the Confederacy in the U.S. It was fueled by the issue on slavery.
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The Emancipation Proclamation was issued going into the third year of the Civil War, declaring all slaves in rebelling states free.
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The Civil War ends with a victory by the Union, this led to the shaping of the 13th amendment.
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The U.S. adopted the 13th Amendment into the Constitution. Under this slavery and indentured servitude was abolished.
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With the passing of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, African Americans were granted citizenship in the United States.
