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William Lloyd Garrison and The Liberator
Garrison begins publishing works focused towards the abolitionist movement.<img src="http://www.ushistory.org/us/images/00034674.jpg" alt="William Lloyd Garrison"/> -
Nat Turner and the Slave Revolts
Turner and a group of followers gathered and killed approximately sixty white men, women, and children but were later captured and executed. -
Boston's American Anti-Slavery Foundation
Led by Garrison in result to the success of The Liberator. Anti-Slavery activists begin uniting to take action. -
Sarah Grimke's Letters on Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women
Grimke argued that women were placed at an identical status as slaves which she thought unfair and discriminate toward women. -
Henry Highland Garnet's Address to the Slaves of the United States
The speech encouraged the open rebellion of slaves throughout the United States. -
Frederick Douglas and the North Star
The North Star became one of the most influential anti-slavery publications in the United States. -
Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls
The first ever Women's Rights Convention that was held in the United States. -
Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
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. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Law that restricted the aid to escaped slaves and raised the punishments for those caught both escaping and helping. -
Sojourner Truth's Ain't I A Woman Speech
Truth points out the lack of logic that the common man had by disproving their justification for being "superior" over women. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Anit-slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that is credited with "laying the groundwork for the Civil War." -
Founding of the Republican Party
Founded in Ripon, Wisconsin, the Republican Party eventually grew to become one of two major politcal parties in the United States. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
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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The Border War
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. -
The Caning of Senator Charles Sumner
A member of the House of Representatives entered the Senate Chamber and beat Sumner into unconciousness. -
Dred Scott v. Sandford, Supreme Court of the United States of America
Officially declared slaves as non-American and stated that they should not expect to be protected by the federal government or its courts -
The Lecompton Constitution
Pro-slavery attempt to gain federal support against the anti-slavery activists in Kansas and Nebraska. The act was denied by congress. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
A seriies of debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. -
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
Abolitionist effort to initiate slave revolts by taking over a United States Arsenal. -
The Election of 1860
Presidential election credited with setting up the stage for the American Civil War.
