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"Higher Law" Adress
William Sewward states that a compromise on slavery is wrong because all men are free and created equal -
Jerry McHenry
Black and white abolitionists free fugitive slave Jerry McHenry from Syracuse, New York jail and allow him to escape to Canada. -
Uncle Toms Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe purdursed Uncle Toms Cabin. -
William Walker
William Walker and a few dozen men briefly take over Baja California in an effort to expand slave territory. -
Know Nothing Party
Know Nothing party sweeps states and local election and demands ethnic purification. -
Bloody Kansas
Misssouri attempts to influenece the election and begins the Bloody Kansas period. -
Charles Sumner
Massachusetts senator delivers speech attacking slavery supporters in the Senate. -
Tariff of 1857
The tariff of 1857 lowers rates which is not liked in the North and praised in the South. -
Minnesota
Minnesota becomes the 32nd state and enters as a free state. -
Harpers Ferry, Virginia
John Brown and two of his black band members were hung by Robert Lee after attacking Harpers Ferry, Virginia. -
Lincoln is President
Abraham Lincoln is elected president and remained president for the Civil War.
