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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
Democratic candidate Franklin Pierce becomes president -
Harriet Beecher Stowe Published "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
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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.”
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Daniel Webster Dies
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"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
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Abolitionist fanatic John Brown and his followers perpetrate the Pottawatomie Massacre in Kansas.
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abolitionist fanatic John Brown launches a raid against the U.S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry.
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following a trial, abolitionist John Brown is hanged for treason. His death energizes many sympathizers in the North, and makes him a martyr.
