Resistance to Slavery

By Preston1219

  • Start of slavery in america

    Start of slavery in america

  • First enslaved poet

    First enslaved poet
    lucy terry writes Bar's Fight one of the first poems written by a slave

  • Slavery is made illegal in the North

  • invention of cotton gin

    invention of cotton gin
    emphasized the importance of slavery to southern economy

  • slaves revolt

    slaves revolt
    An enslaved blacksmith by the name of Gabriel Prosser organizes a slave revolt but the plans are uncovered and prosser and other slaves are hanged

  • Slave imports from Africa are banned by Congress

    Slave imports from Africa are banned by Congress

  • Frederick Douglass

    Frederick Douglass
    Douglass was born

  • Another slave revolt

    Another slave revolt
    A previously enslaved carpenter named Denmark Vessey plans a revolt in South Carolina, but like Prosser he is discovered and Vessey along with 34 other slaves are hanged

  • Abolitionist newspaper

    Abolitionist newspaper
    Frederick Douglass creates his abolitionist newspaper

  • Harriet Tubman escapes

    Harriet Tubman escapes
    Tubman escapes from slavery and becomes one of the most effective leaders of the Underground railroad

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    Novel is published by Harriet Beecher Stowe and becomes conducive to the anti-slavery movement

  • Dred Scott case

    Dred Scott case
    This case says Congress can't ban slavery in america

  • Start of the KKK

    Start of the KKK

  • Civil War

    Civil War
    civil war has begun

  • FREEDOM

    FREEDOM
    The Emancapation Proclamation is issued by Abraham lincoln, and it declares all slaves "henceforth" to be free