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Abolitionist Movement Begins
The effort to end slavery in a nation that valued personal freedom and believed all men are created equal. -
National Negro Convention
The Convention brings together forty freed African-Americans. Its aim is to protect the rights of freed African-Americans in the United States. -
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Civil War
The Union faced secessionists in eleven Southern states grouped together as the Confederate States of America. As a result slavery was abolished. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, during August 1831 led by Nat Turner. -
The Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society formed
an abolitionist, interracial organization in Boston, Massachusetts, in the mid-19th century. -
Great Britain/slavery
Great Britain abolishes slavery in its colonies. -
The Institute for Colored Youth founded
The oldest private high school established for African Americans. -
The Liberty Party
An antislavery political organization. -
Emancipation Proclamation
a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln which was able to change the federal legal status of enslaved people from "slave" to "free."
