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Northwest Ordinance is passed prohibiting slavery in territories
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Pennsylvania Amends law forbidding the trading of slaves across state borders
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U.S. Congress enacts the fugitive slave law requiring the return of escaped slaves
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Benjamin rush is elected the president of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society
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All states north of maryland abolished slavery. Southern States still use slavery in order to maintain economy
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Parliament outlaws British participation in the African Slave Trade
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United States outlaws American participation in the African Slave Trade
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Federal law is passed requiring the inspection of passenger ships in order to ensure better travel conditions for mostly slaves
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The first organized emigration of U.S. blacks back to Africa from New York to Sierra Leone formally named the back to Africa movement
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Segregated public schools open in Philadelphia for Free blacks
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The first National Negro Convention convenes Philadelphia for the first time
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William Lloyd Garrison began publishing the Liberator, which is the most famous anti- slavery newspaper
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Philadelphia blacks organize the vigilante committee to aid and assist fugitive slaves
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Frederick Douglass releases his narrative about his life beginning his career as a public advocate
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War with Mexico adds significant western territory to the United States and opens a new arena in the fight to check the spread of slavery.
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The Compromise of 1850 includes a controversial Fugitive Slave Law that compels all citizens to help in the recovery of fugitive slaves. Free blacks form more Vigilance Committees throughout the North
