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The cotton gin was invented and more cotton was being produced.
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Fredrick Douglas gives a speech about his thoughts on slavery.
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Texas was anexed by congress.
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The new F.S.A was put into order.
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John Brown raided a federal arsenal in harpers ferry.
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John Brown was hanged until dead in Virginia.
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Southerners thought that Lincoln was a threat to their society and south carolina decided to secede.
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one third of the southern population was slaves
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Abraham Lincoln was elected and his thought on slavery were controversial.
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The southern states that seceded named themselves the confederates.
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The confederates attacked fort summer looking for supplies
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start of the civil warr
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Hariett Tubman led people through the south into the north using the underground railroad.
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John Wilkes Booth shot and killed President Abraham Lincoln in Ford's Theater