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William Lloyd Harrison The Liberator
An influential newspaper that promoted the emancipation of slaves. -
Nat Turner leads a slave revolt in Virginia
The revolt influnced many other revolts throughout the south and made slave owners realize that slaves were willing to die to get their freedom. -
American Anti-Slavery founded in Boston
It launched new ways of promoting anti-slavey and helped with abolish slavery. -
Sarah Grimke's Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Woman
She agured that men were the reason that women were seen as inferior and it wasn't God who made women inferior. -
Henry Highland Garnet's "Address to the Slaves of the United States of America"
Addresses slaves to resist against the slave system but not violently. -
Frederick Douglass published the North Star
It was used to not only denounce slavery, but to fight for the emancipation of women and other oppressed groups. -
Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, New York
It promoted the ideas of women's suffurage and helped with the passing of the 19th admendment, women having the right to vote. -
Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
Harriet Tubman helped other slaves become free people and help slaves guide on the underground railroad. -
Fugitive Slave Act passed
The act required that slaves be brought back to their owners even if they are in a free state. -
Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?" speech
She influenced women to make something of themselves and to not be seen as below women. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin
It helped people understand the impact of slavery on families. -
Civil War in Kanas known as "Bleeding Kansas"
It was between pro-slavery, free-states and abolishments and was violent. -
Republican Party Founded
Fomer anti-slavery whigs -
Kansas-Nebraska Act passed
It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
Charles Sumner beating
Preston Brooks beat Charles Sumner with a cane because he exposed his relative Andrew Butler for crimes for slavery. -
Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision
The Supreme Court deciced that slave owners could be bring their slaves to western territory. -
Lecompton Constitution rejected by Congress
The Lecompton Constitution contained ideas for pro-slavery. It was rejected twice and as a result, Kansas was made a free state. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
These debates stated different ideas and contorversies that were taking place within that time. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
Weapons were seized in hopes that slaves would have weapons to protect themselves. -
Election of 1860
A four way split, Lincoln ended up winning the election. A few weeks later South Carolina seceded from the Union.
