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Garrison begins publishing works focused towards the abolitionist movement.<img src="http://www.ushistory.org/us/images/00034674.jpg" alt="William Lloyd Garrison"/>
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Turner and a group of followers gathered and killed approximately sixty white men, women, and children but were later captured and executed.
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Led by Garrison in result to the success of The Liberator. Anti-Slavery activists begin uniting to take action.
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Grimke argued that women were placed at an identical status as slaves which she thought unfair and discriminate toward women.
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The speech encouraged the open rebellion of slaves throughout the United States.
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The North Star became one of the most influential anti-slavery publications in the United States.
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The first ever Women's Rights Convention that was held in the United States.
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Tubman successfully escapes from her own captivity and eventually helps others do the same. Without her escape, thousands of slaves could have been left in captivity instead of fleeing with Tubman as their leader.
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Law that restricted the aid to escaped slaves and raised the punishments for those caught both escaping and helping.
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Truth points out the lack of logic that the common man had by disproving their justification for being "superior" over women.
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Anit-slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that is credited with "laying the groundwork for the Civil War."
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Founded in Ripon, Wisconsin, the Republican Party eventually grew to become one of two major politcal parties in the United States.
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Federal consent that allowed the people of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether they woud allow slavery within their borders.
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A "small civil war" fought in Kansas between proslavery activists and antislavery activists. The political struggle ended with Kansas being admitted as a free state.
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A member of the House of Representatives entered the Senate Chamber and beat Sumner into unconciousness.
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Officially declared slaves as non-American and stated that they should not expect to be protected by the federal government or its courts
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Pro-slavery attempt to gain federal support against the anti-slavery activists in Kansas and Nebraska. The act was denied by congress.
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A seriies of debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.
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Abolitionist effort to initiate slave revolts by taking over a United States Arsenal.
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Presidential election credited with setting up the stage for the American Civil War.
