Antebellum

By kretan

  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
    Congress reaches the Compromise of 1850, admitting California as a free state and passing the Fugitive Slave Act. Furthermore, California entered the Union as a free state and a territorial government was created in Utah.

  • The Great Exhibition

    The Great Exhibition
    The Great Exhibition in 1851 was the first international exhibition of manufactured products. It was organised by Henry Cole and Prince Albert, and held in a purpose-built Crystal Palace in Hyde Park

  • Republic of South Africa

    Republic of South Africa
    The National Party government organized the election on whether the then Union of South Africa should become a republic. The vote, which was restricted to whites, was approved by 52.29% of the voters.

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin, a noble about slave life. This novel became very popular, particularly among white readers in the North

  • Japan Opened to Trade

    Japan Opened to Trade
    Japan and the United States signed an agreement opening Japan to trade. The mainly wanted to trade with the western states

  • Stronghold of Kansas attacked by Proslavery Group

    Stronghold of Kansas attacked by Proslavery Group
    Proslavery group attacks antislavery stronghold of Lawrence, Kansas. They burned the Free State Hotel, destroyed two printing presses, and ransacked homes and stores.

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    The Kansas-Nebraska Act becomes a law. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.

  • British rule in India begins

    British rule in India begins
    Uprising against British rule in India begins with the Sepoy Rebellion. The Sepoy rebellion was a complete surprise to the British, many of whom were "blind to the unrest that had been created, in part, by the rapid imposition of direct British control over two-thirds of India.

  • John Brown seizes the Federal Arsenal

    John Brown seizes the Federal Arsenal
    In Harpers Ferry, Virginia, John Brown seizes the federal arsenal, He wanted to start a slave rebellion and to seize weapons at the federal arsenal.

  • Russian Serfs Emancipated

    Russian Serfs Emancipated
    Russian serfs are emancipated. Russian emperor Alexander II that accompanied 17 legislative acts that freed the serfs of the Russian Empire