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Declaration of Independence
“All men are created equal” -
African slaves in Northamerica
Northern states persuaded Congress to make it illegal for ships to bring new slaves from Africa -
North and South's disagreement
A contentious issue between North and South was the expansion of slavery into western territories. Southern slave owners held that restricting slavery would violate the principle of states’ rights, whereas many Northerners believed popular sovereignty should serve as a barometer for the expansion of slavery, and some even believed slavery should be abolished completely. -
53 African slaves
A group of 53 Africans were abducted on a ship to be sold in Cuba, they opossed to it, got caught and were judged in the U.S -
53 African slaves
These Africans were finally free, but a lot of them dyed in the sea or waiting the judgment. -
The Missouri Compromise
Additional territories gained from the U.S.–Mexican War of 1846–1848 heightened the slavery debate. Abolitionists fought to have slavery declared illegal in those territories. -
The Raid On Harper’s Ferry
Brown and a band of followers seized the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, in what is believed to have been an attempt to arm a slave insurrection. (Brown denied this at his trial, but evidence indicated otherwise.) They were dislodged by a force of U.S. Marines. -
Abraham Lincoln president of the U.S.A
Abraham Lincoln is elected president of the United States of America -
The United States divided in two
South Carolina and many other states announced that its union with all other states was dissolved. The Confederacy was created. The war began. -
End of the war
After 4 years of battles and destruction, the war ended, and so did slavery. The United States became one single nation.
