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Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a vast network of people who would help the slaves escape. The slaves would escape north to the free states and to Canada. -
Invention of cotton gin
http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/cotton-gin-and-eli-whitney
Eli Whitney was the creator of the cotton gin. His idea would later be produced illegally. This invention had a huge impact on slavery and later help lead to the Civil War. -
Missouri Compromise
Congress passed a bill that made Missouri a slave state in exchange that slavery be prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase. -
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Tariff of 1828 & Nullification Crisis
The Nullification Crisis in South Carolina stated that the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and therefore null and void within the sovereign boundaries of the state. -
The Liberator is Published
http://www.ushistory.org/us/28a.asp
William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp published the Liberator in 1831. The Liberator was an abolitionist newspaper that ended December 29, 1865. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner a slave in Virginia had visions from a spirit telling him to fight the serpent of slavery. Nat along with up to 40 slaves rode on horseback at night and killed any white people they encountered. Nat went into hiding where he was later found and trialed for murder. Nat was hung and skinned on November 11th. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 or the Fugitive Slave Act stated slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin is Published
Uncle Tom's Cabin is an anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. This novel was published March 20, 1852. -
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'Bleeding Kansas'
Bleeding Kansas or the Border War was a series of violent political confrontations in the United States between pro-slavery and anti-slavery peopele -
Brooks-Sumner Event
http://www.ushistory.org/us/31e.asp
Brooks beats senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts after Sumner gives a powerful anti-slavery speech. -
Dred Scott Decision
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dred-scott-decision
Scott thought he was free because both Illinois and Wisconsin were against slavery. Scott took his case to the supreme court. The court stated that Scott was not free based on his residence in either Illinois or Wisconsin because he was not considered a person under the U.S. Constitution–in the opinion of the justices, black people were not considered citizens when the Constitution was drafted in 1787 -
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
On the evening of October 16, 1859 John Brown, a staunch abolitionist, and a group of his supporters left their farmhouse hide-out en route to Harpers Ferry. Descending upon the town in the early hours of October 17th, Brown and his men captured prominent citizens and seized the federal armory and arsenal. Brown had hopes that the local slave population would join the raid and through the raid’s success weapons would be supplied to slaves and freedom fighters throughout the country -
Election of 1860
Republican Abraham Lincoln against Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge. Abraham Lincoln defeated John causing some states to secede. -
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Secession of southern States
After the Civil War began in April, four slave states – Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee – of the Upper South also declared their secession and joined the Confederacy.
