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Slave Worths
The writers of the United States Constitution decide that slaves will count as three fifths of a person when deciding how many representatives each state will have in Congress. -
Cotton Gin
Invented in 1794 by Eli Whitney. It used a combination of a wire screen and small wire hooks to pull the cotton through, while brushes continuously removed the loose cotton lint to prevent jams. Whitney's gin changed the cotton industry in the United States, but also led to the growth of slavery. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise allows the people in each state to vote on whether slavery should be legal in that state or not -
Sojourner Truth
1797 - November 26, 1883 Sojourner Truth escapes from slavery and begins fighting for the desegregation of buses in Washington D.C. and for women’s rights. -
Nat Turner
October 2, 1800 - November 11, 1831 Nat Turners rebellion was a slave uprising in Virginia in 1831. Slaves killed anywhere between 55 and 65 white men and women -
Frederick Douglass
February 17, 1818 - February 20, 1895 Frederick Douglass gives speeches publishes a newspaper to encourage others to help fight against slavery. -
Harriet Tubman
1820 - March 10, 1913 Harriet Tubman begins helping over 300 slaves escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad -
Underground Railroad
1850-1860 The Underground Railroad helped slaves escape slavery & it helped them get to the North. -
The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 ends the slave trade to the United States, but allows slavery to continue. -
Southern States Break Away
1860-1861 Southern states break away from the United States, angering northerners and causing the Civil War. -
Abraham Lincoln
February 12, 1809
Assassinated April 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln is elected the sixteenth President of the United States, and begins to work to keep the country together. -
The Civil War
1861-1865 The North (Union) battles the South (Confederacy) in the Civil War. -
Emancipitation Proclamation
Abe Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, which frees slaves in southern states to punish the south for trying to break away from the country. -
13th Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment ends slavery in the United States -
Reconstruction
1865 - 1877 During Reconstruction, the Union Army keeps southerners from treating their freed slaves badly.
