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Harriet Tubman escapes to Philadelphia
Before Harriet Tubman escaped to Philadelphia, she made sure that her brothers Harry and Ben were okay since they were going back, and didn't want to escape anymore. She escorted over 300 slaves with her to Philly and along with that, made 19 trips to the south. -
The Fugitive Slave Act
While it was the time of the Fugitive Slave Act, the first slave act authorized the local Government to return escapees back to their original owners. As well as imposing penalties on anyone who aided their flight. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
Stowe, a Connecticut-born teacher, wrote the novel as a response to the passage in 1850, of the second Fugitive Slave Act. According to my research, most of the book was composed in Brunswick Maine, where her husband Calvin Ellis Stowe, taught. -
The Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act became a law on May 30, 1854. The North was outraged because they weren't open to slavery, but the Kansas Nebraska act made it open to where there was slavery. -
Dred Scott Decision
The Dred Scott decision was the Supreme Court's ruling on March 6, 1857, that having lived in a free state and territory did not entitle a slave, Dred Scott, to his freedom. In essence, the decision argued that as a slave Scott was not a citizen, as well as they wouldn't allow him to sue the federal court. -
Abraham Lincoln Debates Stephan Douglas
When Abraham Lincoln voted against Stephan Douglas, he had claimed that he was with the Fugitive Slave act, and opposed any interference with the states that allowed slavery. -
John Brown attacks Harpers Ferry
John Brown attacks the Harpers Ferry on October 16, 1859. On October 16, 1859, John Brown led a small army of 18 men into the small town of Harper's Ferry, Virginia. His plan was to instigate a major slave rebellion in the South. -
Abraham Lincoln is elected
The 1860 election was the 19th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860. In a four-way contest, the Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin emerged triumphantly. -
South Carolina Secedes
South Carolina secedes from the Union. One of the founder members of the Confederacy seceded from the United States on 20 December 1860. -
The Confederacy was formed
February 4, 1861, the states farthest south where slavery and plantations agriculture were dominant, formed the Confederate States of America with Jefferson Davis as President. They then maintained their capital at Montgomery, then Alabama and took over federal forts on their territory.
