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Harriet Tubman led numerous slaves through a series of safehouses to lead up to the North to freedom.
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This prevented the spread of slavery after the Fugitive Slave Act.
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The Fugitive Slave Act allowed slaves to be jailed or even killed for trying to escape their "owners".
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Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book in 1852 that opened people's eyes to the very bad reality of slavery.
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This act in 1854 allowed states to choose whether to be slave-free or not.
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The Republican Party is formed (which would now be known as the Democratic Party) to go against slavery.
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This case was when Dred Scott had to sue for his freedom. It made it all the way to the Supreme Court.
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Harper's Ferry Raid was a raid led by the abolitionist John Brown in 1859.
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Lincoln was elected in 1860, even though he was not on most ballots. This angered the South.
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The very first battle of the Civil War. Confederates would win.
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Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation freed all of the slaves nationwide.
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The bloodiest battle of the Civil War was at Gettysburg.
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Abraham Lincoln addressed the bloody battle.
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The war ends by the Robert E. Lee surrendering to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House.
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Abraham Lincoln was assassination by John Wilkes Booth in Peterson House.
