-
Uncle Tom's Cabin is issued as a serial in the National Era
<p>
</p>
Re-Release of Uncle Tom's Cabin in the National Era -
Congress repeals the Missouri Compromise, opening western territories to slavery and setting the stage for a bloody struggle between pro and anti slavery forces in Kansas Territory (Bleeding Kansas).
-
Uncle Tom's Cabin is published as a two volume book
-
The Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision declares blacks, free or slave, have no citizenship rights.
-
John Brown conducts a raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia to free and arm slaves. His effort fails and he is executed.
-
Lincoln's election in 1860 leads to Southern states seceding and starts Civil War between the free and the slave states.
-
The American Civil War was........
-
The Secretary of the Navy authorizes enlistment of contrabands (slaves) taken in Confederate territories.