Chapter 13 By haileehise Period: Feb 11, 1819 to Feb 11, 1861 Chapter 13 Feb 11, 1827 Freedom's Journal Published Feb 11, 1830 Peter Cooper's Locomotive Feb 11, 1831 Nat Turner's Slave Revolt Feb 11, 1834 Cyrus McCormick patents the Mechanical Reaper Feb 11, 1837 John Deer's Steele Plow Feb 11, 1844 Samuel Morse's Telegraph Feb 11, 1845 Irish Potato Famine Feb 11, 1846 Elias Howe invents sewing machine Feb 11, 1854 Know-Nothing Party Forms