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William Lloyd Garrison launches "The Liberator"
"The Liberator" was an abolitionist's newspaper. It was created by Lloyd Garrison who called for the emancipation of all slaves. -
Nat Turner leads a slave revolt in Va
For a few days Nat Turner was able to lead a slave revolt in Va that was on the largest scale America had ever seen. There were around 60 fatalities and Nat Turner was caught and killed 2 months afer the revolt. -
American Anti-slavery founded in boston
A society against slavery by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan. The society often had meetings where former/escaped slaves would speak. There was a newspaper run by the society. -
Sarah Grimke's "Letters on the Equality of the Sexes" and the "Condition of Women"
Grimke's publishes "Letters on the Equality of the Sexes", a series of letters published in a newspaper. Her ideas were considered radical at the time. -
Henry Highland Garnet's "Address to the Slaves of the United States of America"
Highland Garnet gave a speech calling on slaves to rebel against their masters. He even said God could not command them to suffer any longer. -
Frederick Douglas publishes the "North Star"
Frederick Douglas publishes the first copy of "North Star", his anti-slavery newspaper that was an allusion to "follow the North Star" to freedom -
Women's Right Convention at Seneca Falls, New York
A convention was held over two days to discuss women's rights. It set of a chain reaction of recognition of the women's rights movement. -
Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
Harriet Tubman escpaed slavery, but came back many times to lead others to freedom using the Underground Railroad. -
Fugitive Slave Act passed
The act said that any escaped slave was to be imediately returned to their master, even if they had escaped to the north. Everyone had to comply to the law including Northerners and abolitionist. -
Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman" speech
Sojourner was a human rights activist that was born into slavery and constantly mistreated. She made this speech in advocation for both slaves/blacks and women. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" was an anti-slavery novel that gave a glimpse at the real horrors of slavery. It had a hand in pushing the US into the Civil War. -
Republican Party founded
The Republican Party was founded by anti-slavery activist and ex-Whigs, who had opposed Jackson. It opposed the Democractic Party and still exsits today. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act passed
The act gave permisson to the people of the Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide themselves if they would legalize or illegalize slavery in their borders. It repealed the Missouri Compromise. -
Civil War in Kansas known as "Bleeding Kansas"
Arguments over the decision for Kansas to enter the Union as a Free or Slave state turned violent. -
Charles Sumner beating
Three days after Charles Sumner, an anti-slavery senator, gave an address of the state of Kansas being either a slave or free state, a man from the House of Representatives came into the Senate chamber and beat him to unconsciousness. -
Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision
US Supreme Court decides no black man/woman, whether they were a slave or free man, was considered a citizen and therefore could not sue in federal court. Instead of discouraging blacks, there was great backlash against the decision and had the opposite affect the Supreme Justice had wanted. -
Lecompton Constitution rejected by Congress
The Lecompton Constitution was a document that supported the idea of Kansas becomnig a slave state, but it was rejected by Congress. The Wyandotte Constitution was put in place instead. -
Lincoln- Douglas debates
The two canidates for the US Senate from Illinois, Lincoln and Douglas, had a series of debates that mainly revolved around slavery. Linclon lost to Doglas in the election. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
The abolitionist John Brown tried to create a slave revolt against a part of the US arsenal at Harper's Ferry. His revolt failed and was defeated by the US Marines led by Robert E. Lee. -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln was elected as the first Republican president. His electoral votes came solely from northeren states.
