Timeline 2 By Emilyb26 Jan 1, 1826 Boston area ministers founded the American Temperance Society (ATS). Jan 1, 1827 New York bans slavery Jan 1, 1830 Underground Railroad is established Jan 1, 1833 American anti-slavery society was formed Jan 1, 1836 Texas gains independence Jan 1, 1837 Abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy is murdered Jan 1, 1838 Fredrick Douglass escapes from slavery and becomes an abolitionist Jan 1, 1842 Harriet Tubman fled Maryland, leaving her family behind Jan 23, 1848 Seneca Falls Convention Jan 1, 1849 The first state constitution in California extends property rights to women Jan 1, 1851 Maine bans the sale of alcohol Jan 1, 1853 Women delegates, Antoinette Brown and Susan B. Anthony, are not allowed to speak at The World's Temperance Convention held in New York City Jan 1, 1862 Mary Jane Patterson is the first african-american women to earn a college degree Jan 1, 1870 Unground Railroad ends Feb 24, 2017 Fedral Goverment passes the 18th amdendant bands the making manufacture, transportation and sale of "intoxicating liquors" illegal under its power to regulate interstate commerce
