Becca Carhart -- Antebellum

By beckycarhart
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850

    Senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions on January 29, 1850, in an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South. As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished.
  • Pierce Became President

    Pierce Became President

    Democratic candidate Franklin Pierce becomes president
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe Published "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

    Harriet Beecher Stowe Published "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

  • Death of Henry Clay.

    Death of Henry Clay.

    The great legislator's body was taken from Washington, D.C. to his home in Kentucky and elaborate funeral observances were held in cites along the way.
  • Frederick Douglass delivers notable speech, “The Meaning of July 4th for the Negro.”

    Frederick Douglass delivers notable speech, “The Meaning of July 4th for the Negro.”

  • Daniel Webster Dies

    Daniel Webster Dies

  • "Bleeding Kansas"

    "Bleeding Kansas"

    Race to get majority in Kansas
    1855 Proslavery forces win the majority
  • Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts is attacked and beaten with a cane

    Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts is attacked and beaten with a cane

    in the US Senate chamber by Representative Preston Brooks of South Carolina.
  • Abolitionist fanatic John Brown and his followers perpetrate the Pottawatomie Massacre in Kansas.

    Abolitionist fanatic John Brown and his followers perpetrate the Pottawatomie Massacre in Kansas.

  • abolitionist fanatic John Brown launches a raid against the U.S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry.

    abolitionist fanatic John Brown launches a raid against the U.S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry.

  • following a trial, abolitionist John Brown is hanged for treason. His death energizes many sympathizers in the North, and makes him a martyr.