Unit 7 TimeLine By Johan Espinal Dec 19, 1793 Whitney's cotton gin transforms southern economy Dec 19, 1800 Gabriel slave rebellion in Virginia Dec 19, 1807 Britain abolishes slave trade Dec 19, 1808 Congress outlaws slave trade Dec 19, 1817 American Colonization Society formed Dec 19, 1820 Missouri Compromise Dec 19, 1822 Vasey slave rebellion in Charleston Dec 19, 1829 Appel to the Colored Citizens of the world published Writer Walker Dec 19, 1831 Nat Turner slave rebellion in Virginia Dec 19, 1831 Garrison begins publishing The Liberator Period: Dec 19, 1831 to Dec 19, 1832 Virginia legislature debates slavery and emancipation Dec 19, 1833 American Anti-Slavery Society founded Dec 19, 1835 U.S. Post office orders destruction of abolishionist mail Dec 19, 1836 House of representatives passes "Gag Resolution" Dec 19, 1839 Weld publishes American Slavery as It is Dec 19, 1840 Antislavery Liberity party organized Dec 19, 1841 Tyler assumes presidency Dec 19, 1841 Harrison dies after four weeks in office Dec 19, 1845 Douglass publishes narritive of the Life of Fredrick Douglass Dec 19, 1845 U.S. annexes Texas Period: Dec 19, 1846 to Dec 19, 1848 Mexican War Dec 19, 1848 Free Soil party organized Dec 19, 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Dec 19, 1848 Taylor becomes president Dec 19, 1849 California Gold Rush Dec 19, 1852 Pierce becomes president Dec 19, 1854 Republican party organized