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William Lloyd Garrison launches The Liberator
Garrison was an abolitionist and journalist famous for his newpaper that spread anti-slavery thoughs and ideas about women's rights -
Nat Turner and the Slave Revolts
A slave rebellion that took place in VA; resulted in about 55 deaths. -
American Anti- Slavery founded in Boston
A controlversial society that meet often with violence. -
Sarah Grimke's Letters on the Equality of the Sexes
An important step in Sarah and Angelina Grimke's fight for women's rights and freedom for slaves -
Henry Garnet's "An Address To The Slaves Of The United States"
A speech calling for rebellion during the National Negro Convention of 1843 -
North Star published
Anti-slavery newspaper -
Women's rights convention at Seneca Falls
The first women's rights convention that gained a lot of attention and helped in the fight for the right to vote. -
Harriet Tubman escapes from Slavery
After being in slavery for her whole life Harriet Tubman make a daring escape with her two brothers to saftey and start her new life as an abolitionist -
Fugitive Slave Act
This required that all escaped slaves were, upon capture, to be returned to their masters and that officials and citizens of free states had to cooperate in this law. -
Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman" speech
A powerfull speech by Sojourner Truth that became popular during the civil war. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was the best-selling novel of the 19th century and is credited with helping fuel the abolitionist cause in the 1850s -
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Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas, was a number of violent political confrontations between anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery elements in Kansas. -
Republican Party founded
The new party was founded on Mar 20th 1854 -
Kansas Nebraska Acts
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
Charles Sumner beating
Representative Preston Brooks attacked Senator Charles Sumner with a walking cane in retaliation for a speech given by Sumner two days earlier. The beating nearly killed Sumner and it drew a sharply polarized response from the American public -
Dread Scott decision
This was a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court held that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be American citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court. -
Lecompton Consitution
There were three separate votes on the Lecompton Constitution: December 21, 1857, January 4, 1858, and August 2, 1858. In the final vote, residents of Kansas Territory rejected the Lecompton Constitution. -
Lincoln- Douglas debates
These were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincolnand Senator Stephen Douglas. The debates previewed the issues that Lincoln would face in the aftermath of his victory in the 1860 presidential election. -
John Brown's raid
This was an effort by white abolitionist John Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt by taking over a United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia.