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William Lloyd Garrison launches The Liberator
The Liberator clarified the position of the New Abolitionists. -
Nat Turner Leads a Slave Rebellion in Virginia
The Rebel slaves killed people in this than in other rebellion in the southern states -
American Anti-Slavery founded in Boston
An abolistionist society founded by William Lloyd Garrison -
Sarah Grimke's Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women
The sisters thought womens rights was just as important as abolishing slavery. -
Henry Highland Garnet's "Address to the Slaves on the United States of America"
The speech called for open rebellion and failed by one vote. -
Frederick Douglass published the North Star
An anti slavery newspaper inspired by the Liberator. -
Womes's Rights convention at Senaca Falls, New York.
A convention to the social, civil, and religious condition of rights of women. -
Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
Harriet Tubman had a fear that she would be sold, so she escaped with many other slaves. -
Fugitive Slave Act passed
The decreed that slaves in the north are to be returned to their masters in the south. -
Sofourner Thruth's "Ain't I a Woman?" speech
A big part in the women's rights movement. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin
This novel "layed the groundwork for the civil war". -
Civil war in Kansas known as "Bleeding Kansas"
A conflict between pro and anti slavery Americans. -
Republican Party founded
A party found by anti slavery activists with the first president being Abraham Lincoln. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act passed
This allowed the territories to decide for themselves if they wanted slavery elminating the misourri comprise. -
Charles Sumner beating
Charles Sumner was beaten for his views on slavery. This was the end of "Reasoned dicourse". -
Supreme Court's Fred Scott decision
The Supreme Court stated that Blacks were not going to be American citizens. -
Lincoln-Douglass debate
Debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglass about slavery and moral -
Lecompton Constitution rejected by Congress
A document giving right to slave owners but was rejected by anti slavery activists -
Election of 1860
This election, where Lincoln won, was the very beginning of the civil war with several states succeeding for the U.S. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Family
John Brown and his men raided an armory for revenge
