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Douglass typically spent about six months of the year travelling extensively, giving lectures
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Henry Clay introduces a comprise bill on slavery to US Senate
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Douglass organized a two day convention of abolitionists to protest Congressional debate on the proposed Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
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Douglass aids three fugitive Maryland slaves, wanted for murdering their former master when he tried to recapture them in Pennsylvania in escaping to Canada
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Gold fields discovered in Australia
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The first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.
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Julia Griffiths helped put the 'North Star's' finances in order.
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Congress authorizes US's 2nd mint
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1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service
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Women's Right's Convention met
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, first published in 1854.
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Battle at London: Sir Thomas Wyatt defeated
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Douglass writes a second autobiography: My Bondage and My Freedom
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Heavy French/British bombing of Sebastopol, 2000+ killed
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Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians
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Battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats Wm Walker's invading Nicaraguans
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The Rochester public schools desegregate after years of Frederick Douglasses protestations.
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Congress outlaws foreign currency as legal tender in US
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War of Reform (Mexico); Liberals establish capital at Vera Cruz
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Dutch government decides to vacate Schokland Island
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Eleven-year old daughter Annie Douglass dies
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Escapes to Canada to avoid being arrested as an accomplice in John Brown's plan to seize Harper's Ferry and sails to England
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Begins publishing Douglass' Monthly, first as a supplement to Frederick Douglass' Paper. It becomes an independent publication the following year and is distributed until 1863.
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US recognizes Liberal government in Mexico's War of Reform
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Slavery ends of in Neth Indies
