Who is Uncle Tom?

By HBStoweCenter

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin in the National Era

    Uncle Tom's Cabin in the National Era
    Uncle Tom's Cabin is issued as a serial in the National Era
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    Re-Release of Uncle Tom's Cabin in the National Era

  • Congress repeals the Missouri Compromise

    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).

  • Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin
    Uncle Tom's Cabin is published as a two volume book

  • The Dred Scott Decision

    The Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision declares blacks, free or slave, have no citizenship rights.

  • John Brown's Raid

    John Brown conducts a raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia to free and arm slaves. His effort fails and he is executed.

  • Abraham Lincoln Elected President

    Lincoln's election in 1860 leads to Southern states seceding and starts Civil War between the free and the slave states.
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    The American Civil War

    The American Civil War was........

  • Enlistment of Contrabands

    The Secretary of the Navy authorizes enlistment of contrabands (slaves) taken in Confederate territories.