Chapter 14 By haileehise Period: Feb 11, 1819 to Feb 11, 1861 Chapter 14 Feb 11, 1826 American Society for the Promation of Temperance Formed Feb 11, 1831 William Lloyd Garrison founds "The Liberator" Feb 11, 1838 Fredrick Douglass escapes slavery Feb 11, 1839 Nation's First normal school founded Feb 11, 1843 Dorothea Dix began work to reform prisions Feb 11, 1846 Thoreau goes to jail rather than pay a tax to support Mexican War Feb 11, 1847 Liberia becomes independent Feb 11, 1848 Seneca Falls Convention