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William Lloyd Garrison launches "The Liberator"
The Abolitionist Movement was given a way to get out its message to the people. -
Nat Turner leads a slave rebellion
Slaves are given inspiration to break away from their masters and revolt after such an organized almost successful rebellion. -
American Anti-Slavery founded in Boston
It was one of the most prominent abolitionist organizations. -
Sarah Grimke's "Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women"
Sarah Grimke, an abolitionist, defends women's rights as a response to Harriet Beecher's arguments against them, being one of the first women's rights activists to make a good impression. -
Henry Highland Garnet's "Adress to the Slaves of the United States of America"
Garnet called for open slave rebellion, inspiring revolts among more slaves. -
Frederick Douglass published the "North Star"
Douglass, inspired by Garrison's "The Liberator", publishes an anti-slavery newspaper, continuing to spread the abolitionist message. -
Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, New York
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention, and it inspired others to start other women's rights conventions in the future, furthering the women's rights movement. -
Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
Tubman escapes, allowing her to create the Underground Railroad, freeing many other slaves. -
Fugitive Slave Act passed
The most controversial element of the 1850 compromise, the Fugitive Slave Act said that runaway slaves will be returned to their masters, and north states have to do it, which was made in response to the huge amount of slaves escaping to the north. -
Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?" speech
Sojourner Truth uses her physical stature from being a slave and Christianity to convince people to believe in women's rights; new arguements for women's rights. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
A book that depicts the reality of slavery, being cited by many abolitionists, and it helps create the common stereotypes of black people at the time. -
Republican Party founded
One of the two main political parties that will be used for the foreseeable future is founded. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act passed
The Missouri Compromise is changed, sparking a controversy between pro-slavery people and abolitionists, eventually starting Bleeding Kansas. -
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Civil War in Kansas known as "Bleeding Kansas"
As a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, people pro-slavery and people anti-slavery fought in Kansas over the issue of slavery, letting this issue affect and end non-slaves' lives. -
Charles Sumner beating
Because Sumner insulted Andrew P. Butler in his "Crime against Kansas" speech about him being against extending slavery into Kansas, Preston Brooks, Butler's cousin, beats Sumner with a cane, intensifying the North-South divide and its different ideologies. -
Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision
Dred Scott, a slave in a free state was declared still a slave, since the constitution deemed slaves as property, and this decision further increased tensions between the North and the South. -
Lecompton Constitution rejected by Congress
A slavery-advocating constitution was overwhelmingly rejected by a vote in Kansas (10,266 to 138), showing how badly people wanted Kansas to be a free state. -
Lincoln Douglas Debates
Lincoln and Douglas, the 2 presidential candidates, debated over slavery, bringing the issue into a more political light, further dividing the country. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown raids the ferry stealing weapons trying to start a slave rebellion. -
Election of 1860
The election of 1860 basically decides whether the country leans more towards being anti-slavery or not, with Lincoln being against slavery, and Douglas trying to reach a slavery compromise.
