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William Lloyd Garrison launches The Liberator
He wrote The Liberator to clarify a new position in abolision, a New England Anti-Slavery Society. -
Nat Turner leads a slave revolt in Virginia
The largest slave revolt in U.S history that resulted in a wave of opressive legislation prohibiting the movement, assemble, and education of slaves. -
American Anti-Slavery founded in Boston
The American Anti-Slavery Society campaigned how slavery is illegal under natural law. The members wanted to abolish slavery. -
Sarah Grimke's Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women
Her letters served a purpose to defend womens rights and orginionally help abolish slavery. -
Henry Highland Garnet's "Address to the Slaves of the United States of America"
Convinced those to rebel against slavery, although, not violently. They should create a resistance against it. -
Frederick Douglass published the North Star
denounced the usage of slaves, and fight for the empancipation for women and other oppressed groups. -
Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, New York
The convention lead the 19th amendment to be established, granting American women the constitutionally the right to vote. -
Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
In the process of escaping slavery, Tubman workds to help pay to free slaves. -
Fugitive Slave Act passed
Had the ability for local government to capture slaves that ran away from their slave owners within U.S territory. -
Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?" speech
The significance of Sojourners speech was to create awareness for men and womens rights. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin
Clarified how slavery effects families, tried to get people to empathize wtih enslaved characters to show the perspective of what slaves had to deal with. -
Republican Party founded
The foundation of the Republican Party was established to oppose the spread of slavery into western territories. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act passed
Directed from popular sovereignty, this act allowed settlers to decide whether slavery should be allowed within a new states borders. -
Civil War in Kansas known as "Bleeding Kansas"
The fight for who would win control (or rights) for proslavery or rights against slavery. -
Charles Sumner beating
Very engaged in fighting for what he thought was right. Charles expressed his views to anti-slavery by issuing a campaign to oppose slavery interests. -
Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision
This determined whether or not slaves should be taken into Western territories. The court affirmed slave owners the right to take their slaves into western territories. -
Lecompton Constitution rejected by Congress
Could have permitted slavery, exclude free blacks from living in Kansas, and allowed only male citizens to vote. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
The debate discussed the conflicts over slavery and states' rights, but also influence politcal discourse. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
Created a revolt against the prominent citizens and federal armory and arsenal, in hopes to gather local slaves to join the raid. He wanted to supply slaves and freedom fighters throughout the country. -
Election of 1860
Abrahman Lincoln became president and issued the Emancipation Proclamation to free slaves in all the United States.
