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William Lloyd Garrison Launches The Liberator
The Liberator was the most influential anti-slavery periodical of the pre-Civil War era, It reached a wide audience and challenged moderate reformers to extend Declaration of Independence principles to all people regardless of color. -
American Anti-Slavery founded in Boston
American Anti-Slavery promoted the abolition of slavery throughout the United States. -
Sojorouner Truth's "Aint I a Women?" Speech
Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman” speech express her views on women’s rights and advocated equal rights of men and women. -
Nat Turner leads slave revolt in Virginia
Nat Turner’s slave rebellion in Virgina sent a wave of hysteria sweeping over the south. -
Sarah Grimke's Lettes on the Equality of the sexes and the Condition of Women
Sarah Grimke’s Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Conditions of Women showed the unfair treatment of women to be morally wrong in the same ways that slavery is morally wrong. -
Henry Highland Garnet's "Address to the Slaves of the United States"
Garnet’s “Address to the Slaves of the United States of America” encouraged the active resistance to slavery. -
Frederick Douglas published the North Star
Encouraged the freedom of all slaves, got its name because escaping slaves followed the North Star to Canada. -
Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, New York
This was the first Women’s rights convention in the United States and marked the beginning of the Women’s Rights movement. -
Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
Harriet Tubman’s escape was important because it allowed her to return to slave-holding states and help other slaves to freedom. -
Fugitive Slave Act passed
Fugitive Slave Acts allowed the capture and return of slaves that escaped into another US state or federal territory. -
Harrriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin fuels the abolitionist cause by depicting the realities of slavery and also asserting the ability of Christian Love to overcome the enslavement of other human beings. -
Republican Party founded
Former members of the Whig Party met to create a new political party opposing the spread of slavery. -
Kansas- Nebraska Act passed
This act allowed for the States of Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they wanted to be slave or free states on their own (served to repeal Missouri Compromise). -
Civil War in Kanas "Bleeding Kansas"
The Kansas- Nebraska Act’s overturning of the Missouri compromise led to violence in deciding the fate of Kansas(slave or free state). -
Charles Sumner beating
Leading abolitionist, Charles Sumner, was beat with a cane by Preston S. Brooks over his publically insulting speech called “The Crime Against Kansas.” -
Supreme Court's Dred Decision
This decision declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional and lead to the inevitable outbreak out the Civil War. -
Lecompton Constitution rejected by Congress
The Lecompton Constitution (Second drafted constitution of the Kansas territory) written by proslavery supporters, supported slavery, excluded free blacks to live in Kansas, and only allowed male citizens of the United States to vote. This article was rejected. -
Lincoln- Douglas Debates
Debates Between Abraham Lincoln and Senator Stephen Douglas over Slavery and State’s rights. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown’s raid was an attempt to start an armed slave revolt by stealing an United States Arsenal at Harper’s Ferry. -
Election of 1860
Republican Lincoln won because the Democrats were split over slavery, southern states felt they had no political influence thus, succeeded from the Union.
