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Nat Turner leads a slave revolt in Viriginia
A slave rebellion that took place in Southampton, killing 65 people. -
American Anti-Slavery founded in Boston
A group of abolitionists that met and had conrtoversial meetings that were sometimes violent. -
William Lloyd Garrison launches The Liberator
This newspaper by Garrison and Knapp was nationally known and faced harsh resistance from state legislature and local groups -
Sarah Grimke's Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women
Sarah's Fight for Women's rights was further shown through her letters. -
Henry Highland Garnet's "Address to the Slaves of the United States of America
Delivered before the National Convention of Colored Citizens about resistance and equality -
Frederick Douglass published the North Star
Covered politics, literature, and slavery. -
Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, New York
A convention to gain women more social and civil rights. -
Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
Harriet and her brothers escape their masters and live a free life, -
Fugitive Slave Act Passed
Heightened fear of Slave Conspiracy in Northerners. -
Sojurner Truth's ¨Ain't I a Woman?¨ speech
A speech delievered by Sojurner Truth about women's rights and her position as a woman. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin
Was an anti-slavery novel campaign that helped "lay groundwork" for the Civil War. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act passed
Purpose was to open up new farms and a Midwestern Transcontinental Railroad. -
Republican Party Founded
Founded in the Northern states by anti-slavery activists in opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Act. -
Civil War in Kansas known as "Bleeding Kansas"
A series of violent political confrontations in Kansas regarding ati-slavery policies. -
Charles Sumner beating
Beat with a cane in retaliation of his speech two days earlier. -
Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision
Lawsuit decided by the United States and is considered to be the key cause of the Civil War. -
Lecompton Constitution rejected by Congress
Constitution proposed for the State of Kansas but denied by congress with a vote of 10,226 to 138. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. -
John Brown's Raid On Harper's Ferry
An effort to initiate a slave revolt over a US arsenal. -
Election of 1860
It was the 19th election and occured after slavery had expanded.
