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Gabriel Rebellion in VA
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Britain abolishes slave trade
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Congress outlaws slave trade
Royal Navy forms W. Africa slave trade -
Missouri Compromise
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Republic of Liberia established in Africa
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British abolish slavery in West Indies
American Anti-Slavery Society founded -
Canadian rebellion
Caroline incident -
Slave erevolt aboard Amistad
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Antislavery Liberty party organized
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Because President Harrison dies Tyler assumesz presidency
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Webster-Ashbuton Treaty
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Polk defeats Clay in Manifest Destiny election
Caleb Cushing signs Treaty of Wanghia with China -
US annexes Texas
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Walker Tariff
US settle Oregon dispute with Britain
House of Representative pass Wilmot Proviso
Mexican War begins -
Free soil party organized
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Treaty of Guadalupe ends Mexican war
Taylor defeats Clay and Van buren in election -
California Gold Rush begins
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Filmore assumes presidency after Taylor's death
Compromise of 1850, including Fugitive Slave Law
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty with Britain -
Pierce defeats Scott for presidency
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Gadsen Purchase
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Commodreo Perry opens Japan
Ostend Manifesto proposes seizure of Cuba
Kansas-Nebraska repeals Missouri Compromise