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