Slavery and Civil War Timeline

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  • US Declares Independence

    US Declares Independence

  • Louisiana purchase

    Louisiana purchase

    doubles the size of US
  • Missouri compromise

    Missouri compromise

    compromise limits slavery to the south
  • Underground Railroad

    Underground Railroad

    slaves escape north
  • Trail of Tears

    Trail of Tears

    Adrew Jackson ignores supreme court and forces Indians to give up their land and march 2,000 miles west.
  • War with Mexico

    War with Mexico

  • Harriet Tubman Escapes

    Harriet Tubman Escapes

    becomes a conductor to help slaves escape
  • Fugitive Slave Law

    Fugitive Slave Law

    Soth forces a law which allows slaves to be perused
  • Dred Scott loses case

    Dred Scott loses case

  • Lincoln vs Douglas Debate

    Lincoln vs Douglas Debate

  • Lincoln Elected President

    Lincoln Elected President

  • South Carolina Secedes

    South Carolina Secedes

    first state to leave the US over slavery
  • Eleven Southern States secede

    Eleven Southern States secede

    became a separate country call confederate
  • The Picnic Battle of Bull Run

    The Picnic Battle of Bull Run

    90-day war declared and politicians watch
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    Lincoln states all slaves are free
  • Sherman's March to the Sea

    Sherman's March to the Sea

  • Robert E Lee Surrenders

    Robert E Lee Surrenders

    Civil war ends
  • Last Slaves Freed in Texas

    Last Slaves Freed in Texas

    Texas had kept slaves after it was illegal but not anymore