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William Lloyd Garrison launches "The Liberator"
One of the most influential papers in the arguments against slavery. -
Nat Turner leads a slave revolt in Virginia
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American Anti-Slavery founded in Boston
In 1833, Garrison and Arthur Tappan expanded this society and formed the American Anti-Slavery Society. -
Sarah Grimke's "Letters on the Equality of the Sees and the Condition of Women"
The letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Woman were inluential and defended the right of women to speak in public in defense of a moral cause. -
Henry Highland Garnet's "Address to the Slaves of the United States of America"
In his speach "Address to the Slaves of the Unites States of America" he calls the listeners to open rebellion; the speech failed by one vote of being endorsed by the convention. -
Fredrick Douglass published the "North Star"
The North Star would soon become one of the most influential African American antislavery publications of the pre-Civil War era. -
Women's rights Convention at Seneca Falls, New York
The woman’s rights convention was significant becuase it was the first ever held in the United States, and had almost 200 women in attendance. -
Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
This is significant because she later became a conductor on the underground railroad -
Fugitive Slave Act passed
This act allowed southerners to come and recapture slaves from the north which upset meny people in the north. -
Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?" speech
This act allowed southerners to come and recapture slaves from the north which upset meny people in the north. -
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Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Unlce Tom's Cabin"
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Civil War in Kansas known as "Bleeding Kansas"
In Kanas they used the principle of popular sovereignty wich decreed that the residents would determine whether the area became a free state or a slave state; this meant that people both for and agianst slavery flooded the state to try and ilfluence the vote. -
Kansas-Nebraska
This act was significant because it underminded the Missuri Compromise by letting the territories choose whether or not they wanted to have slavery. -
Republican Party founded
This is significant because this party helped Lincoln gain the presidency, and is still operating today. -
Charles Sumner beating
This event was the first time in American history that there was a fight between two officials when Preston Brooks, who was in the House of Representatives, beat Charels Sumner, a member of the Senate, unconsciousness over the issue of slavery. Both men became heros for their regions -
Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision
The lecompton Constitution contained clauses protecting slaveholding and a bill of rights excluding free blacks, and it was rejected by congress and later rejed by Kansas. -
Lecompton Constitution rejected by Congress
The Lecompton Constitution contained clauses protecting slaveholding and a bill of rights excluding free blacks, and it was rejected by congress and later rejed by Kansas. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
These debates allowed Lincoln to get out amoung the people and become more well known because of Douglas's stature, and it was also part of a larger campaign, that were designed to achieve certain immediate political objectives. -
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John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
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Election of 1860
The Election of 1860 was a tight race between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. These debates gave voice to the issues and the concerns that divided the nation.
