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William Lloyd Garrison launches The Liberator
His newspaper showed his abolitionist/ anti-slavery views to individuals worldwide. -
Nat Turner leads a slave revolt in Virginia
Nat Turner leads a slave revolt with 70 followers in Southampton County, Virginia in which about 60 whites were killed. -
American Anti-Slavery founded in Boston
An anti-slavery society founded with a plan to reach mass audiences through lecturing agents, petition drives, and a wide variety of printed materials. -
Sarah Grimke's Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women
Sarah Grimke argues for women's rights. -
Henry Highland Garnet's "Address to the Slaves of the Unites States of America"
Henry Highland Garnet captures the attention of African American delegates with his speech at the Negro National Convention of 1843. -
Frederick Douglass published the North Star
The North Star was an anti-slavery newspaper published by African American abolitionist Frederick Douglass. -
Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, New York
The Declaration of Sentiments and Greivances was signed and adopted by the assembly. -
Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
Harriet Tubman found help from many abolitionists to assist her in traveling north. -
Fugitive Slave Act passed
Congress enacted the Fugitive Slave Act in which authorized local goverments to catch and return escaped slaves to their owners and impose penalties upon anyone who aided them. -
Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?" speech
Sojourner Truth's argument stated that women deserve equal rights as men because women have the same capabilities as men. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe writes an anti-slavery book, selling 300,000 copies within three months and was widely read. -
Civil War in Kansas known as "Bleeding Kansas"
A series of violent political confrontations involving free-staters and pro-slavery elements in Kansas between 1854-1861. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act passed
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a bill that mandates "popular sovereignty" that allowed the settlers of a territory to decide whether or not slavery would be allowed within a new state's borders. -
Republican Party founded
Whig members kept meeting to create a new party that opposes the spread of slavery into the western territories. This new party gave new and different ideas to change America. -
Charles Sumner beating
Charles Sumner was an anti-slavery Republican while Preston Brooks was a pro-slavery Democray, Brooks beat Sumner with a cane. Afterwards, both were considered heroes on their respective sides. -
Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision
The United States Supreme Court issues a decision in the Dred Scott case, affirming the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the western territories. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
A series of seven debates between Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln during the 1858 Illinois state election. These issues discussed conflicts over slavery and states' rights, among other important things. -
Lecompton Constitution rejected by Congress
The Lecompoton Constitution was made by pro-slavery advocates, and it contained clauses that protected slaveholding and it included a bill of rights that excluded free blacks. It was rejected by Congress. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
Abolitionist John Brown leads a small group on a raid in Harper's Ferry against a federal armory. They were attempting to start an armed slave revolt to end the institution of slavery. -
Election of 1860
On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected as president of the United States. Abraham Lincoln's presidency contributed a lt to our country.
