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Large textile mill opens in Lowell, MA
Francis Cabot introduced a new manufacturing system called the "Lowell System" -
Sojourner Truth is freed from slavery
After gaining her freedom, she preached about abolitionism and equal rights for all -
David Walker prints Appeal
Appeal is a pamphlet urging slaves to revolt. -
Nat Turner leads slave rebellion
The rebellion was of enslaved Virginians that took place in Southampton County, VA -
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
She called upon women to "overthrow this horrible system of oppression and cruelty." -
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
sought to equally distribute the tasks of daily life while providing education for all participants -
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
launched the woman suffrage movement in the US, passed 12 resolutions