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Large textile mill opens in Lowell Massachusetts.
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sojourner truth is freed from slavery.
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David Walker prints appeal, a pamphlet urging slaves to revolt
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Nat Turner leads slave rebellion.
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National trades union is formed
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Frederick Douglass flees to New York City to escape slavery.
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Utopian community is established at Brook Farm.
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Henry David Thoreau moves to Walden Pond.
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Sarah Bailey founded the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association.
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Seneca Falls convention on women's rights is held.