Major Events in American slavery

  • End of the Revolutionary War

  • Signing of the Constitution

  • Invention of Cotton Gin

  • Louisiana Purchase

  • Start of War of 1812

  • Passage of Tariff of 1816

  • Missouri Compromise

  • Trail of Tears(Start of)

  • Indian Removal Act

  • Garrison Begins The Liberator

  • Nat Turner Rebellion

  • Declaration of Texas Independence

  • Declaration of Texas Independence

  • Declaration of Texas Independence

  • Douglas Publishes Autobigraphy

  • Douglas Publishes Autobigraphy

  • Wilmot Proviso

  • Discovery of Gold-California

  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

  • Discovery of Gold-California

  • Compromise of 1850

  • Compromise of 1850

  • Compromise of 1850

  • Compromise of 1850

  • Stowe Publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin

  • Gadsden Puchase

  • Birth of the Republican Party

  • Birth of the Republican Party

  • Birth of the Republican Party

  • Birth of the Republican Party

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

  • Attack on Charles Sumner

  • Attack on Charles Sumner

  • Attack on Charles Sumner

  • Attack on Charles Sumner

  • Start of Bleeding Kansas

  • Dred Scott Decision

  • Dred Scott Decision

  • Delany Publishes Blake

  • Delany Publishes Blake

  • Delany Publishes Blake

  • John Brown's Raid

  • Lincoln Elected President

  • South Carolina Secedes

  • Attack on Fort Sumter

  • Attack on Fort Sumter

  • Attack on Fort Sumter

  • Attack on Fort Sumter

  • Passage of 13th Amendment

  • Passage of the 14th Amendment