Slavery and Civil War By moh123 1776 US declares independence 1803 Louisiana purchase 1819 Underground railroad 1820 Missouri Compromise 1831 Trail of Tears 1848 Harriet Tubman escapes 1848 War with Mexico 1850 Fugitive slave law 1857 Dred Scott Loses case 1858 Lincoln vs Douglas debates Jul 21, 1860 The picnic battle of bull run Nov 6, 1860 Lincoln elected president Dec 20, 1860 South Carolina secedes Jun 8, 1861 Eleven southern states secede Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation proclamation 1864 Sherman march to the sea Apr 9, 1865 Robert E Less surrenders Jun 19, 1865 Last slave freed in Texas
