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Wilmot Proviso
It was a proposal in an attempt to end slavery, but it was unsuccessful -
Compromise of 1850
The division of a free and slave states in America -
Uncle Tom's Cabin" is first published
It is an anti slavery novel written by an abolitionist who was writing about human rights and how it was not fair to treat them differently based on color/race. -
Kansas - Nebraska Act
When the act was passed it let the people of Kansas and Nebraska decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery in their state -
John Brown's Massacre at Pottawatomie Creek
John Brown and a group of abolitionist settlers went and killed 5 pro-slavery settlers -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was a slave and went to a free state where he tried to sue for his freedom, but was told he didn’t have the rights to and had to remain a slave -
Lincoln - Douglas Debate "A House Divided Against itself can not stand."
When Lincoln and Douglas where debating for the election of senate in Illinois -
John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
An abolitionist who lead a group to a federal armory in attempt to fight against slavery and end it -
Abraham Lincoln is elected as a Republican President
the day Lincoln was elected as president -
South Carolina Seceded from the Union
This is when South Carolina became the first slave state to secede from the United States and this event was said to be illegal, but there was no attempt to stop it -
Confederate States of America are formed
It was where slavery and plantations where at most and basically known for that -
Confederate Troops Fire at Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Lincoln said they were going to resupply the fort, confederate general and later it was there was shooting and a fight and 86 soldiers gave up the fort because of it.
