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Slave Codes
All throughout the 1800's, laws called the slave codes were put into action. Nat Turner led a violent slave rebellion. He and his followers attacked five plantations. They killed several people. Turner and his followers eventually were captured and executed. -
Slave population rises
Between the years 1810 and 1830 the slave population rose emmensly. The total number of slaves in the country went from 1.2 million to 2 million, so it almsot doubled. Some of the causes were the cotton gin and westward expansion. Because people were using the cotton gin, more slaves were needed to pick the cotton. Also, because the US was expanding, there was more room for plantations which gave more room for slave owners to have more slaves. -
Abolition Groups begin to form
By the 1820's, more than 100 antislavery societies had been created. Some people were really starting to see the problems with slavery. The African Americans were starting to be joined by white people in public criticidm of slavery. People like Charles G. Finney were the ones who started up white people being against slavery. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner led a violent slave rebellion. He and his followers attacked five plantations. They killed several people. Turner and his followers eventually were captured and executed. -
William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison was a significant abolitionist. He was a newspaper publisher. In his newspaper, The Liberator, he called for immediate emancipation (freeing of slaves). White abolitionists responded to Garrison’s ideas. He founded the New England Anti-Slavery Society (1832) And then the National American Anti-Slavery Society (1833). -
Antebellum
There was debate over the future of slavery in Virginia. The debate led to an abolition motion in the legisature. The motion lost and the los closed the debate on slavery in the antebellum south. (Pre-civil war south) -
The Gag Rule
Abolitionists were still so set on emancipation. They attempted smothering Congress with petitions to end slavery in Washington DC. The representatives from the south created the "gag rule". The Gag Rule limited or prevented a debate on an issue. So, the petitions would not have a debate. However, the law awas repealed in 1844. -
Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
She was born into slavery in 1819 or 1820. She escaped to Canada and eventually became a big part of the Undergroup Railraod. The Underground Railroad was a trail that led slaves that had escaped to freedom and safety.
