What was the underground railroad

Slavery and the Underground Railroad

By j4jenk
  • First United States Census

    First United States Census

    First United States CensusNearly 700,000 slaves live and toil in a nation of 3.9 million people.
  • Period: to

    Slavery and the Underground Railroad

    National Geographic
  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave ActThe United States outlaws any efforts to impede the capture of runaway slaves.
  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin

    Article on Cotton GinThis invention creates a huge demand for slave labor.
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise

    Compromise of 1820Slavery is forbidden in any subsequent territories north of latitude 36_30. Missouri is admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free.

  • Censorship

    Southern states expel abolitionists and forbid the mailing of antislavery propaganda.
  • Frederick Douglass's Newspaper

    Frederick Douglass's Newspaper

    Frederick Douglass NewspaperEscaped slave publishes the North Star.
  • Harriet Tubman Escapes

    Harriet Tubman Escapes

    Harriett TubmanAfter fleeing slavery, she returns to the south 15 times to rescue other slaves.
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850In exchange for California as a free state, northern congressmen accept a harsher Fugitive Slave Act.
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin Published

    Uncle Tom's Cabin Published

    Uncle Tom's CabinNovel about the horrors of slavery sells 300,000 in one year.
  • Abraham Lincoln Elected

    Abraham Lincoln Elected

    Abraham Lincoln1st Republican to win the United States Presidency.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation ProclamationPresident Lincoln decrees that all slaves in Rebel territory are free.
  • Slavery Abolished

    Slavery Abolished

    13th Amendment13th Amendment to the United States Constitution outlaws slavery.