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Slavery
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Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney's invention of the Cotton Gin increases the need for slave labor. -
No more slaves
Congress bans importation of slaves from Africa. -
Missouri Compromise
States choose to have slavery or not. -
Soujourner Truth
Soujourner Truth escapes from slavery and begins fighting for desegregationl of buses in Washington DC and for womens rights. -
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman escapes slavery and becomes one of the most important members of the underground railroad. -
Fugitive Slave law
The fugitive slave law is in effect. Asking for the return of slaves that escape and cross state lines. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote "Uncle Toms Cabin" in response to the Fugitive slave act. -
Kansas- Nebraska Act
Established teritories in Kansas and Nebraska. Legislaction also repells the Missouri Compromise. -
Dred Scott case
The supreme court ruled on the Dred Scott case, a slave who tried to sue for his freedom because his "master" took him to a free state, stating that slaves could not be U.S citizens. -
Harper's Ferry
John Brown attacks the military arsenal at Harper's Ferry to start a slave revolt and end slavery. -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the US. -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation declaring all slaves in the Confederate states shall be free. -
The South secedes
The Confederacy is founded and the south secedes starting the Civil War. -
Freedom
Abraham Lincoln announced "Slaves within any State, or designated part of a State in rebellion shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free." -
End of the War
The Civil War ends. Lincoln is assassinated, and the Thirteenth Amendment abolishes slavery all over the United States.
