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The first issue of the liberator
The final issue was December 29,1865. -
Compromise of 1850
As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. -
Uncle Toms Cabin Published
Harrit Betchers anti slavery slavery novel -
Kansas-Nabraska
It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
James Buchanan sworn into office as the 15th preaident
In 1856 Buchanan successfully defeated Republican candidate John C. Fremont and was sworn in as the 15th president of the United States. -
Dred Scott Decision
The U.S. Supreme Court issues a decision in the Dred Scott case, confirming the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories. -
John Brown at Harper's Ferry
Led a group on a raid on Harper's Ferry Virginia -
Abraham Lincon
Elected 16th president of the U.S. -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
Abraham Lincoln caused South Carolina to secede. -
Battle at fort Sumter
It was the begging of the American Civil War -
Battle of Bull Run
The battle lasted longer than expected. -
Emancipation Proclamation
During the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, calling on the Union army to liberate all slaves in states still in rebellion as “an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Considered to be the important engagement of the American Civil War. -
Sherman's March to the Sea
Sherman's March to the Sea is the name commonly given to the military Savannah Campaign in the American Civil War, conducted through Georgia. -
The Surrender at Approximation Court House
This was one of the last battles of the American Civil War; It was the final engagement of Confederate Army general Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. -
Lincoln's assassination
Shortly after 10 p.m. on April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C., and fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln.
