fight for civil right in the united states

harriet tubmen escaped from slavery and established the undergruond railroad

Jan 1, 1849

she help others slaves escape at night

The fugitive slave act was established

Sep 18, 1850

this was the low that made the slave that escaped return to ther oners

Abraham Lincoln was elected president

Nov 6, 1860

many people did not liked the idia that he had about slavery was bad

The seceded and form a new nation, the cofederate states of america

Dec 20, 1860

thay did not whant the slave to be free

Abraham lincoln issues The Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

thes would mack the slavery illegal

the civil war ends after confederate armysurrenders; the union wins the war

Apr 9, 1865

after the civil war ended slavery was finally over

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated

Apr 15, 1865

a men named john wilkes booth was made tha Abraham Lincoln made slavery illegal

Mark Twain writes huckleberry finn,the tales of a white boy helping a slave escape

Jan 27, 1885

many people bolieved this was a bad book to write

The civil Rights movement tacks place

Jan 27, 1950

it started with Martin Luther King

Borack Obama was elected as president of the united stats

Nov 4, 2008

he is the first black president