Ch 8 Reforming American Society

By leahgarvey
  • Large textile mill opens in Lowell, MA

    Large textile mill opens in Lowell, MA

    Francis Cabot introduced a new manufacturing system called the "Lowell System"
  • Sojourner Truth is freed from slavery

    Sojourner Truth is freed from slavery

    After gaining her freedom, she preached about abolitionism and equal rights for all
  • David Walker prints Appeal

    David Walker prints Appeal

    Appeal is a pamphlet urging slaves to revolt.
  • Nat Turner leads slave rebellion

    Nat Turner leads slave rebellion

    The rebellion was of enslaved Virginians that took place in Southampton County, VA
  • National Trades' Union is formed

    National Trades' Union is formed

    It was the first organization of American wage earners on a national scale
  • Angelina Grimke published An Appeal to Christian Women of the South

    Angelina Grimke published An Appeal to Christian Women of the South

    She called upon women to "overthrow this horrible system of oppression and cruelty."
  • Frederick Douglass flees to NYC to escape slavery

    Frederick Douglass flees to NYC to escape slavery

    He traveled north by train and boat from Baltimore, through Delaware, to Philadelphia
  • Utopian community is established at Brook Farm

    Utopian community is established at Brook Farm

    sought to equally distribute the tasks of daily life while providing education for all participants
  • Henry David Thoreau moves to Walden Pond

    Henry David Thoreau moves to Walden Pond

    "I went into the woods because I wished to live deliberately."
  • Seneca Falls Convention on women's rights is held

    Seneca Falls Convention on women's rights is held

    launched the woman suffrage movement in the US, passed 12 resolutions