Slavery Timeline

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  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act
    Fugitive Slave Act
    The Fugitive Slave Act was a law passed by the United States Congress and is a compromise southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soldiers.

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin Published

    Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    Uncle Tom's Cabin was a novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe and changed the view on slavery around America.

  • Kanasas-Nebraska Act

    Kanasas-Nebraska Act
    Kansas-Nebraska ActThe Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed people in the area of Kansas and Nebraska to choose for themselves whether or not to allow slaves.

  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860
    Election of 1860
    Election of 1860 is when Abraham Lincoln was elected to be the president of the United States and was an outbreak of the American Civil War.

  • Battle of Fort Sumter

    Battle of Fort Sumter
    Battle of Fort SumterBattle of Fort Sumter was an attack around Charleston Harbor and then they surrendered Fort Sumter.

  • The Monitor vs. The Merrimack

    The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
    The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
    This was a battle between Monitor and the Merrimack during the American Civil War , it was an effort to break the Union.

  • The Battle of Shiloh

    The Battle of Shiloh
    The Battle of ShilohThe Battle of Shiloh was a battle in Western Theater of the American Civil War and at that time it was known as the bloodiest battle with 23,000 casualties.

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation
    Emancipation Proclamation
    The Emancipation Proclamation was a document that delcared that all slaves shall be free. The Emancipation Proclamation was writtin and issued by Abraham Lincoln.

  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg
    The Battle of Gettysburg
    The Battle of Gettysburg was an important battle of the American Civil War. It was a great victory over Union forces. This battle was the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War.

  • The Thirteenth Amendment

    The Thirteenth Amendment
    The Thirteenth Amendment
    On January 31, 1865 this amendment banned slavery in the United States and was passed by Congress.

  • Surrender at Appomattox

    Surrender at Appomattox
    [Surrender at Appomattox](http:///www.civilwar.org/battlefields/appomattox-courthouse.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/)Confederates were surronded by Union Troops and Lee's army was trapped and they surrendered.

  • Assassination of President Lincoln

    Assassination of President Lincoln
    Assassination of President Lincoln
    On April 15, 1865 John Booth shot President Lincoln at a Theatre in Washington D.C. and was the first President assassinated.